[tbox-l] coreutils-5.2.1-2 ( su given wrong path )

[Hans-Joachim E. <Han...@eu...>]

The su command from coreutils-5.2.1-2 does not set the Path correctly - thus picking up the path from /etc/environment - in case an user switches via "su -" to root.

The path locks like: 
!$ /opt/freeware/bin/su -
Password:

(0)root@node:/root
$ echo $PATH
/usr/ucb:/bin:/usr/bin:/etc


A simple strings /opt/freeware/bin/su lead me to the assumption that the path given by su is hardcoded .

!$ strings /opt/freeware/bin/su | grep etc
/usr/ucb:/bin:/usr/bin:/etc

It’s a bug or a feature ?

cheers
Hajo