From unknown Sat Aug 16 10:43:18 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#12261 <12261@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#12261 <12261@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: su usage question Reply-To: bug#12261 <12261@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2025 17:43:18 +0000 retitle 12261 su usage question reassign 12261 coreutils submitter 12261 krwlive1 severity 12261 normal tag 12261 notabug thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Aug 22 12:49:03 2012 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Aug 2012 16:49:03 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43632 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1T4E74-0003ik-VE for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:49:03 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:52669) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1T4E2K-0003bs-Ex for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:44:09 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T4E1t-0006LB-Tb for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:43:42 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]:51694) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T4E1t-0006L7-QY for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:43:41 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:48063) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T4E1t-0000Kv-0O for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:43:41 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T4E1q-0006Ju-Mx for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:43:40 -0400 Received: from mail-yx0-f169.google.com ([209.85.213.169]:38386) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T4E1q-0006JN-If for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:43:38 -0400 Received: by yenl1 with SMTP id l1so937995yen.0 for ; Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:43:37 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-gm-message-state; bh=OCiIHC3oTKqgI1M67Ptt5kQx6VV1GPTE5zgZ6jOAIjU=; b=kv8OFXFWaE37R7XfFPJ960UeA8bf98O71jhtIPloQpd0LPfBvgodTyv8F8+c6cAid3 EwbPuaE04Wz/1+aKtFtX+oi05wxf5Gurprz32gUJxv/H6vvKV8e/3Gq7Tyj62ASoTQfg c18xOwo+dsQByoHhvdyJZGcwk1hwrkV14c/PJTAE17xh9SBvyefdUZE/tMwZ7VUynQiD VWM90HwV4ihswug9wCU+wbs3jF5yRJpcDoKNb87XgXd/+QD/knCiA8aoqWzBafvny3Tj KBWEjCvTOMtRAesPffKD6z5koMCTyFGdS/1fb4A4peMAA1jGDLJEglKGLS5/RYhfkQSt JV/Q== Received: by 10.236.161.165 with SMTP id w25mr29369620yhk.22.1345653817204; Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:43:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.10] (96-36-67-26.dhcp.hckr.nc.charter.com. [96.36.67.26]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id v8sm8734141yhi.15.2012.08.22.09.43.35 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:43:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <50350C37.6040608@livesolutionsmobile.com> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:43:35 -0400 From: krwlive1 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120714 Thunderbird/14.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Subject: Bug Report Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQne8l31JOB5NqmH0fosI2PESIMUHXlTae7L8yvwKT6NIdziytriyuHQ26MUS2UJG733kHMN 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: -6.1 (------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:49:01 -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: -6.1 (------) Help. su enter password: access denied: Invalid Password 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 Sat Aug 16 10:43:18 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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