From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Praveen A Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5300: su command does not elevate user privilege to root when run inside term/ansi-term mode Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:22:11 +0530 Message-ID: <3f2beab61001110752j7531ffa3r8380de641d45f999@mail.gmail.com> References: <3f2beab61001031107r794c6321x11410089d0e313af@mail.gmail.com> <3f2beab61001031124kdf1e7b2x8f2c73a36b5f2fa@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: Praveen A , 5300@debbugs.gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1263226774 308 80.91.229.12 (11 Jan 2010 16:19:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:19:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 5300@debbugs.gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 11 17:19:27 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NUMzC-00052r-Cj for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:52:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Score: -3.5 (---) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list X-Spam-Score: -3.4 (---) Resent-Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:53:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:34197 Archived-At: 2010/1/8 Glenn Morris : > Praveen A wrote: > >> su command does not a make a normal user root when run inside term >> mode. > > So what does happen then? It just gives you the normal user shell prompt (both for ssh and su) pravi@savannah:~$ ssh localhost pravi@localhost's password: Linux savannah 2.6.30-2-amd64 #1 SMP Fri Sep 25 22:16:56 UTC 2009 x86_64 The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software; the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright. Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law. You have mail. Last login: Mon Jan 11 13:46:53 2010 from localhost Connection to localhost closed. pravi@savannah:~$ > > emacs -Q -f term > bash RET > bash> su > password RET > > works fine for me. So does ssh. > I'm using emacs 23.1+1-5 from debian testing, it is also failing with a trunk built emacs too. 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