Package: sux
Version: 1.0.1-6
Severity: normal
Hello Meike,
sux -h and sux --help seems to output su -h message, which is quite confusing:
sux --help
Usage: su [options] [LOGIN]
Options:
-c, --command COMMAND pass COMMAND to the invoked shell
-h, --help display this help message and exit
-, -l, --login make the shell a login shell
-m, -p,
--preserve-environment do not reset environment variables, and
keep the same shell
-s, --shell SHELL use SHELL instead of the default in passwd
Furthermore su-to-root has inconsistent behaviour whether DISPLAY is set or not:
%unset DISPLAY
%sux id
Unknown id: id
%sux -c id
Password:
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groupes=0(root)
%DISPLAY=:0 sux id
Unknown id: id
%DISPLAY=:0 sux -c id
Unknown id: eval $TERM; exec env TERM='linux' DISPLAY=':0' "id";
'man sux' seems to imply that [username] is an optionnal parameter but it is
not the case:
%DISPLAY=:0 sux root id
Password:
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groupes=0(root)
%sux root id
Password:
zsh: can't open input file: id
%sux root -c id
Password:
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groupes=0(root)
%DISPLAY=:0 sux root -c id
Password:
env: -c: No such file or directory
So If DISPLAY is set, then [username] is mandatory and -c must beommited and it
is
is the opposite when DISPLAY is not set.
Sorry to report three bug in one, but I am trying to fix su-to-root and I am
confused about the expected behaviour.
Cheers,
--
Bill. <ballo...@debian.org>
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