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Date:      Mon, 17 Jan 2005 22:15:09 +0100
From:      Ivan Voras <ivoras@fer.hr>
To:        Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cannot su?
Message-ID:  <41EC2ADD.5080006@fer.hr>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1050117195804.50371W-100000@fledge.watson.org>
References:  <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1050117195804.50371W-100000@fledge.watson.org>

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Robert Watson wrote:

> I've modified the su(1) source in HEAD to print a message if su(1) is
> executed without an effective uid of 0 (i.e., as root, or setuid as
> another user).  Hopefully this error message will be more suggestive than
> "sorry": 
> 
>   paprika:~/freebsd/commit/src/usr.bin/su> ./su
>   su: not running setuid
> 
> Assuming I didn't shoot any feet, I'll MFC this to RELENG_5 in a couple of
> weeks.

Thanks! :)



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