Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 01:45:30 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Anthony Schneider <aschneid@mail.slc.edu> Cc: Andreas Klemm <andreas@apsfilter.org>, apsfilter-hackers@apsfilter.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: aps2file doesn't work on FreeBSD Message-ID: <3C1DBEBA.FE49EC65@mindspring.com> References: <XFMail.011216010107.phallobst@web.de> <20011216203550.GA7135@titan.klemm.gtn.com> <20011216155358.A34707@mail.slc.edu> <20011216211318.GA902@titan.klemm.gtn.com> <20011216195054.A36208@mail.slc.edu>
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Anthony Schneider wrote: > > Well, the reason I brought up $USER inheritance is that on linux, $USER is root > after an su to root, whereas on FreeBSD, the $USER is the same as before the su. > Not really thinking, I thought that perhaps that refleted the inherited $UID, > which I was wrong about. Sorry for that. This is broken in Linux. USER is the login user name, which is invariant over "su", according to POSIX. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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