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From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: Praveen A <pravi.a@gmail.com>
Cc: 5300@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#5300: su command does not elevate user privilege to root when run inside term/ansi-term mode
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:30:32 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <gtwrzty553.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3f2beab61001031124kdf1e7b2x8f2c73a36b5f2fa@mail.gmail.com> (Praveen A.'s message of "Mon, 4 Jan 2010 00:54:47 +0530")

Praveen A wrote:

> su command does not a make a normal user root when run inside term
> mode.

So what does happen then?

emacs -Q -f term
bash RET
bash> su
password RET

works fine for me. So does ssh.






  reply	other threads:[~2010-01-07 21:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <3f2beab61001031107r794c6321x11410089d0e313af@mail.gmail.com>
2010-01-03 19:24 ` bug#5300: su command does not elevate user privilege to root when run inside term/ansi-term mode Praveen A
2010-01-07 21:30   ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2010-01-11 15:52     ` Praveen A
2010-01-14  3:12       ` Glenn Morris
2010-01-14  8:57         ` Praveen A

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