On 4/23/12 12:45 PM, Jeremy Huntwork wrote: > This changelog entry on 2012-04-05 isn't quite correct. It reads: > > [matthew] - Use su from chapter 6 Coreutils in the Bash instructions, > instead of the one from chapter 5. Install su as su rather than su-tools > in chapter 5. Fixes #3057. > > coreutils in chapter 6 doesn't install su. So the su you're using for > tests all throughout chapter 6 is the one we explicitly install from > chapter 5 coreutils. su is installed in chapter 6 by the shadow package. > > I can't recall offhand why we chose to use su-tools originally. Probably > just as a nominal reminder that we were using the one in /tools. :)
Ahhhh, memory refreshed: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/ticket/1877 I knew there was a reason we named it su-tools :) The link Dan provides to Greg's warning in DIY has moved, but basically it's a reminder that su, even though we installed it, can't be used to actually elevate privileges because it lacks the setuid bit. JH -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
