Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 00:20:44 +1100 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: "J.S." <johann@broadpark.no> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "su - user" error Message-ID: <20020131002044.B2812@phoenix.welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20020130141106.62696839.johann@broadpark.no>; from johann@broadpark.no on Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 02:11:06PM %2B0100 References: <20020130141106.62696839.johann@broadpark.no>
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On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 02:11:06PM +0100, J.S. wrote:
> This message occurs whenever I as root su to another user:
>
> mesg: /dev/ttyp3: Operation not permitted
>
> Does anyone know why?
Try just "su user" without the "-", and you won't have the error.
With the "su - user" method you're running the user's .profile (or
equivalent) as for their normal login. There is a mesg command in
there. That command won't work in an xterm (or whatever ttyp3 is),
and lets you (i.e. 'user') know that it hasn't been able to run this
time round. The error message is harmless.
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
sue@welearn.com.au
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