From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5300: su command does not elevate user privilege to root when run inside term/ansi-term mode Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:12:22 -0500 Message-ID: References: <3f2beab61001031107r794c6321x11410089d0e313af@mail.gmail.com> <3f2beab61001031124kdf1e7b2x8f2c73a36b5f2fa@mail.gmail.com> <3f2beab61001110752j7531ffa3r8380de641d45f999@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1263439207 22829 80.91.229.12 (14 Jan 2010 03:20:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:20:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 5300@debbugs.gnu.org To: Praveen A Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 14 04:19:59 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 1NVGFT-0005i4-SY for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:19:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43154 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NVGFU-0004CO-9c for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:19:52 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NVGEy-0003ja-13 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:19:20 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NVGEt-0003gr-Bd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:19:19 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48481 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NVGEt-0003gl-30 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:19:15 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:34303) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NVGEs-000199-Rd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:19:14 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NVG8t-0006gf-Kc; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:13:03 -0500 X-Loop: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:13:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 5300 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 5300-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B5300.126343874825684 (code B ref 5300); Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:13:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 5300) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Jan 2010 03:12:28 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NVG8J-0006gC-IV for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:12:27 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NVG8I-0006g5-6u for 5300@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:12:26 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NVG8E-0004bv-OR; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:12:22 -0500 X-Spook: Mantis Cocaine supercomputer gamma Craig Livingstone X-Ran: BQpbS*fBAGl.T?WC[,{/Y4H(v2-y?hpp!xjL@e6Q=p$+%:!B)|D9*LkKaQ)(P#MQ`Ixh`A X-Hue: green X-Attribution: GM User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-Spam-Score: -5.9 (-----) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list X-Spam-Score: -5.9 (-----) Resent-Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:13:03 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:34308 Archived-At: Praveen A wrote: > pravi@savannah:~$ 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. So, it seems to work fine, but when the shell finishes initializing it logs out? Is there anything odd going on in your shell configuration files (bashrc, profile, etc?)