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Subject: Re: SU and PTYs
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sudo should work fine for that, if you can get root access at all.
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---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Theo van Klaveren <t.vanklaveren@student.utwente.nl>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 21:22:30 +0200

>
>Hi,
>
>I'm trying to let a program get super-user rights by calling su 
in a
>pseudo-terminal (the attached program demonstrates this). This 
however does not
>work, because su gets stuck in ttywait.
>
>Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong, or at least provide me 
with a program
>that does do the trick?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Theo
>
>P.S. Please reply to me directly. I am not subscribed.
>
>-- 
>Theo van Klaveren <t.vanklaveren@student.utwente.nl>
>http://home.student.utwente.nl/t.vanklaveren
>
>
 

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