Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 18:40:01 -0800 (PST) From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/9467: bug in su error message (--help isn't much --help) Message-ID: <199901240240.SAA20510@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/9467; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
To: robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/9467: bug in su error message (--help isn't much --help)
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 10:36:35 +0800
robert@fledge.watson.org wrote:
> Observe:
>
> sleipnir:/home/robert# su uucp id
^^^^
> Usage: su [options]
> Use su --help for help
Counter-observe:
spinner[10:33am]~-101# grep uucp /etc/passwd
uucp:*:66:66:UUCP pseudo-user:/var/spool/uucppublic:/usr/libexec/uucp/uucico
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
spinner[10:33am]~-102# /usr/libexec/uucp/uucico -c id
Usage: /usr/libexec/uucp/uucico [options]
Use /usr/libexec/uucp/uucico --help for help
su execs /usr/libexec/uucp/uucico with argv[0] = "su", so uucico gives
you a misleading error message.
--help is coming from uucico, not su. :-) This PR should probably be
closed. :-)
Cheers,
-Peter
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