From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jidanni@jidanni.org Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#14401: su - nobody -c emacs gives "Could not open file: /dev/tty" Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 00:59:27 +0800 Message-ID: <8738tpjy4w.fsf@jidanni.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1368552676 24674 80.91.229.3 (14 May 2013 17:31:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 17:31:16 +0000 (UTC) To: 14401@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 14 19:31:15 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UcJ4D-00086c-P9 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 May 2013 19:31:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53533 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UcJ4D-0006MI-B0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Tue, 14 May 2013 10:28:46 -0700 (PDT) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:74257 Archived-At: Odd, # (unset DISPLAY; su - nobody -c emacs) No directory, logging in with HOME=/ emacs: Could not open file: /dev/tty doesn't work anymore. One needs two steps, # (unset DISPLAY; su - nobody) No directory, logging in with HOME=/ nobody@jidanni2:/$ emacs Also one can test with su nobody with no -. $ apt-cache policy emacs-snapshot emacs-snapshot: Installed: 2:20130510-1 Candidate: 2:20130510-1 Version table: *** 2:20130510-1 0 500 http://emacs.naquadah.org/ unstable/ Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status