GNU bug report logs - #12200
su usage question

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Lauren Janell <llewis2973 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:00:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Merged with 12261

Done: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>

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bug#12200; Package coreutils. (Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:00:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Acknowledgement sent to Lauren Janell <llewis2973 <at> gmail.com>:
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From: Lauren Janell <llewis2973 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug report
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 05:19:34 -0500

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su command doesn't work. says: "su: invalid option -- '1'"

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Changed bug title to 'su usage question' from 'bug report' Request was from Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:05:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Added tag(s) notabug. Request was from Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:05:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: Lauren Janell <llewis2973 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 12200-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12200: bug report
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 10:56:02 -0600

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retitle 12200 su usage question
tag 12200 notabug
thanks

On 08/14/2012 04:19 AM, Lauren Janell wrote:
> su command doesn't work. says: "su: invalid option -- '1'"

Thanks for the report.  However, you didn't show the command line that
you typed, for us to know if it was a bug in your usage pattern (for
example, did you forget to quote a shell globbing character?).  For that
matter, you didn't even show something as basic as 'su --version'
information, or details about your platform.  I suspect that the problem
lies on your end, and not in su.

Additionally, as of the just-released coreutils 8.18, su is no longer
part of coreutils.  It is now part of util-linux, so this is no longer
the place to discuss the issue.  I'm closing the bug as a result,
although you can continue to comment if you'd like to provide more
information.

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake <at> redhat.com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org


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Forcibly Merged 12200 12261. Request was from Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:34:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:24:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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