From unknown Mon Aug 18 14:26:08 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#12200 <12200@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#12200 <12200@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: su usage question Reply-To: bug#12200 <12200@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 21:26:08 +0000 retitle 12200 su usage question reassign 12200 coreutils submitter 12200 Lauren Janell severity 12200 normal tag 12200 notabug thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Aug 14 11:59:43 2012 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Aug 2012 15:59:43 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56509 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1T1JWt-0007Xn-7b for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:59:43 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:45650) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1T1EMD-0007Jm-Bx for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:28:17 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T1EDr-0007sy-HP for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:19:40 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT, FREEMAIL_FROM, HTML_MESSAGE, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]:55717) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T1EDr-0007su-E6 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:19:39 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:35626) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T1EDp-0002Iq-Go for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:19:39 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T1EDn-0007sh-GY for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:19:37 -0400 Received: from mail-gh0-f169.google.com ([209.85.160.169]:56273) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T1EDn-0007sa-6K for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:19:35 -0400 Received: by ghrr18 with SMTP id r18so279576ghr.0 for ; Tue, 14 Aug 2012 03:19:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=U9NpW1di49R0EpJ5ko+zcSdNZCXxumZRuTGVgKBmS8Q=; b=LOXX0OcyPKn36j47D7SxgOcTIsLzkT+oRUYM+YuJfNgb5GvflHMgfwN1B+XVPWkAYg m884TCGNL7D7wblcTnKyVGHkd2KZCGM9Vxo9Qkme+tiThPJAe6cVAGo5q+sNgFF/Pvww 3hNjkWAHgRCl/3AzJ1pH4SGaUHq5pPie36jGssmVM6HCv1kidsswbWcJKvCcj3GXpvCK 25a581n6CpetmQeaCuGs/aEfwBBw/+so/b5a6+NF03V96+ApQA5g2OhOTirekyWPOp5X Q3M9EAEMvM/zASzAqUH6prZswVAXL3kyJcuINfqzc/wof+sBAko6U750Xh4H2fudNP7y uecw== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.50.182.162 with SMTP id ef2mr10699220igc.43.1344939574137; Tue, 14 Aug 2012 03:19:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.108.199 with HTTP; Tue, 14 Aug 2012 03:19:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.108.199 with HTTP; Tue, 14 Aug 2012 03:19:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 05:19:34 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: bug report From: Lauren Janell To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=14dae93408438f931704c737254f X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 208.118.235.17 X-Spam-Score: -5.9 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:59:37 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -5.9 (-----) --14dae93408438f931704c737254f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 su command doesn't work. says: "su: invalid option -- '1'" --14dae93408438f931704c737254f Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1

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

--14dae93408438f931704c737254f-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Aug 14 13:04:47 2012 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Aug 2012 17:04:47 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56636 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1T1KXv-0003Fb-AP for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 14 Aug 2012 13:04:47 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:16396) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1T1KXr-0003FM-BV; Tue, 14 Aug 2012 13:04:45 -0400 Received: from int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q7EGu3UY017537 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 14 Aug 2012 12:56:03 -0400 Received: from [10.3.113.122] (ovpn-113-122.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.113.122]) by int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q7EGu2g5025121; Tue, 14 Aug 2012 12:56:03 -0400 Message-ID: <502A8322.8030202@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 10:56:02 -0600 From: Eric Blake Organization: Red Hat User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120717 Thunderbird/14.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Lauren Janell Subject: Re: bug#12200: bug report References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.3 OpenPGP: url=http://people.redhat.com/eblake/eblake.gpg Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigC3E762DA9557618D49C6C639" X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.68 on 10.5.11.23 X-Spam-Score: -6.9 (------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control Cc: 12200-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.9 (------) This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigC3E762DA9557618D49C6C639 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. --=20 Eric Blake eblake@redhat.com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org --------------enigC3E762DA9557618D49C6C639 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Public key at http://people.redhat.com/eblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJQKoMiAAoJEKeha0olJ0NquJUIAIpgY+I7D5Pb0yrdiaaZrF8+ 5fAegexPaUg6HdShwYetMYW8hRdIax/CmKfMO6tC9O82MfIw4LFS3J41+fa8HJSe YxRQVAVfFfXJ/kQA1DS+8HngcIZCZF0ao+gs6/FoEGnpZNffKXntORl9nptA3J2I SBkWLAVWzDHJy7z5082aP7GTnUILZ/0r6YOolYHJ72Vqk61VWcsMHh4hDRlm6eNA h6tby1ihaYilQyU5mYIqU6QYycnExESg7r4ysreC7Cy0hV8W88oYBqZyT4JK12eJ TrVFEAL1ZT8V5u1LywEaRoekt1oLhLp+rEl/JgNlsI76mRx3+OdzoffxOSjPUgI= =rO5e -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigC3E762DA9557618D49C6C639-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Aug 22 13:33:56 2012 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Aug 2012 17:33:56 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43695 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1T4EoW-0004kb-3J for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:33:56 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:42473) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1T4EoS-0004kM-RG; Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:33:54 -0400 Received: from int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.11]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q7MHXQ9H030583 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:33:26 -0400 Received: from [10.3.113.100] (ovpn-113-100.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.113.100]) by int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q7MHXP89031662; Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:33:25 -0400 Message-ID: <503517E3.8090004@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:33:23 -0600 From: Eric Blake Organization: Red Hat User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120717 Thunderbird/14.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: krwlive1 Subject: su usage [was: bug#12261: Bug Report] References: <50350C37.6040608@livesolutionsmobile.com> In-Reply-To: <50350C37.6040608@livesolutionsmobile.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.3 OpenPGP: url=http://people.redhat.com/eblake/eblake.gpg Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigBD2FE11185C11E04E067080B" X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.67 on 10.5.11.11 X-Spam-Score: -7.1 (-------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control Cc: 12261-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -7.1 (-------) This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigBD2FE11185C11E04E067080B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable retitle 12261 su usage question tag 12261 notabug forcemerge 12261 12200 thanks On 08/22/2012 10:43 AM, krwlive1 wrote: > Help. su > enter password: > access denied: Invalid Password >=20 Thanks for the report. However, you're the second person this month to provide a context-free report about 'su', explaining why you think you have hit a bug. You didn't even show something as basic as 'su --version' information, or details about your platform, or whether you know for a fact that you were using the correct password. I suspect that the problem lies on your end, and not in su. Additionally, as of coreutils 8.18 (and remembering that 8.19 was just released), 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. --=20 Eric Blake eblake@redhat.com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org --------------enigBD2FE11185C11E04E067080B Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Public key at http://people.redhat.com/eblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJQNRfkAAoJEKeha0olJ0NqA2YH/jOUYY50w/elr+1V+Ue3XKcS mP/C7FWy4k96YcIaRvpoMO1Br2Eb0ZHFR7W5AEICnFhE7lD4+vVYJ7A89x/etUL7 hpGr5p5+hlyjqH3tzxMJZYPl+GhOkFX33LCq6zpDeNB/e4P+fepIz7It7Ay0RhXC iqCecDa9zeYf5p6jXjWNAzgXS9F6lAHx8ywASBVW3wfYbZq+Ld4K0g0R/z5sfrn6 TjXyyDqeFqu+emS/0sNwnOpbuiIYTn5ZF24iqKaSdNjVCfVvtUIGe5aLHbXwe7Ex OQeQUcWGSJrGSxNBzurWDA3nV8Vw1c10236J9gGpgkLmY8C/86hQmtxy170TMX0= =msfQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigBD2FE11185C11E04E067080B-- From unknown Mon Aug 18 14:26:08 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. 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