Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 10:42:40 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: roberte@mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (Robert Eckardt) Cc: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, hasty@rah.star-gate.com Subject: Re: su problem Message-ID: <199610070112.KAA28805@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199610062115.XAA01101@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> from "Robert Eckardt" at Oct 6, 96 11:15:15 pm
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Robert Eckardt stands accused of saying: > > > > su -l hasty <shell> > > > > > > it gets a core dump... > > > > Analyze it. That's what coredumps are for. > > > > Are you sure that it's not actually > > > > su -l hasty -c "<something>" > > It would be nice if this would work. > I was searching for that feature since the time I changed > from SysVr3.2 to FreeBSD. (And it's not in the manpage.) > > Is the missing ability to execute commands like sh BSD-specific > or a security precaution ? It's not missing. We do a bunch of : if [ -x <script> ]; then su -l <user> -c <script> & fi in the startup for our radar systems; on some installations there are as many as 10 or so of these run at startup. Note that '-c' is passed to the shell and interpreted there. This is a FAQ. > Robert -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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