GNU bug report logs - #5300
su command does not elevate user privilege to root when run inside term/ansi-term mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Praveen A <pravi.a <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 19:25:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 6302

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #28 received at 5300 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 5300 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
	Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, 6302 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6302: 24.0.50; Unable to use su in term.
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:53:34 +0200

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Alias is disabled and i start with a new M-x term:
>>
>>>    thierry <at> tux ~ $ LC_ALL=C su -l
>> Fail.
>
> I'm unable to reproduce this in the current bzr Emacs.  Do you still see
> this problem?
IIRC this have been fixed long time ago now, even in emacs-23 branch.

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