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

[Jørn A. <Jor...@nt...>]

The coreutils RPM, like most other utilities, is horribly
outdated. Even considering fixing bugs in such outdated code is highly
questionable.

Current version is 7.2, 5.2.1 is more than 5 years old !  Consider
using the RPMs from the excellent site perzl.org (currently at 6.12),
or building your own. Current 7.2 builds without hassle. I would suggest

   ./configure --with-libiconv-prefix=/usr --with-libintl-prefix=/usr \
     --disable-libcap --enable-install-program=arch,hostname,su

You might need a newer gettext (I built against 0.17).

Best Regards --Jørn Amundsen


On Wed, 1 Apr 2009, Hans-Joachim Ehlers wrote:

> 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
>
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