From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.17.8]:57153 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758136Ab3EWK5P (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 May 2013 06:57:15 -0400 Message-ID: <519DF601.4090700@bernhard-voelker.de> Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 12:57:05 +0200 From: Bernhard Voelker MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "util-linux@vger.kernel.org" CC: 10317@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: su: -l and -p should not be used together Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: tag 10317 wontfix close 10317 stop A while ago, there has been a bug report to coreutils regarding the unlucky use of the -p and the -l option (or a bare "-") with su: http://bugs.gnu.org/10317 As su is not part of coreutils anymore, I'm hereby closing the bug there, and forward this issue to util-linux where su is now maintained. @Karel: do you think it's worth a warning/error? However, the agreement was that the behaviour should at least be documented. Have a nice day, Berny