Package: menu Version: 2.1.24 Severity: wishlist Hello Maintainer,
I have the need to run a XTerm with su-to-root to get a terminal for root. Using fvwm the Menu entry is: Exec xterm -e su-to-root -c "/bin/bash -l" Now I have encountered that I have the same Environement variables a the $USER "michelle.konzack" which ends in tonns of errors since ${TMPDIR} and others environement variables are not from root Please can you solv this problem? For this moment I have copied the su-to-root script into my ~/bin and changed the "-p" option to su to "-" see the DIFF ----8<-------------------------------------------------------------- --- su-to-root.orig 2005-05-24 12:05:33.000000000 +0200 +++ su-to-root 2006-08-15 17:36:17.000000000 +0200 @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ NEEDS=text eshell() { getent passwd $1 | cut -f7 -d: } -usage () { +usage() { echo usage: $0 '[-X] [-p <user>] -c <command>' >&2 echo '-X: command is a X11 program' >&2 exit 1 @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ else done else echo enter $PRIV passwd: - while ! su -p "$PRIV" -c "$COMMAND"; do + while ! su - "$PRIV" -c "$COMMAND" ; do echo -n 'Incorrect password or command failed. Try again? (y/n)' read ans if test "$ans" != "y" -a "$ans" != "Y"; then ----8<-------------------------------------------------------------- which works now properly. Greetings Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator Tamay Dogan Network Debian GNU/Linux Consultant -- System Information Debian Release: 3.1 Kernel Version: Linux michelle1.private 2.4.27-2-386 #1 Wed Aug 17 09:33:35 UTC 2005 i686 GNU/Linux Versions of the packages menu depends on: ii dpkg 1.10.28 Package maintenance system for Debian ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone ii libgcc1 3.4.3-13 GCC support library ii libstdc++5 3.3.5-13 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ ##################### Debian GNU/Linux Consultant ##################### Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 50, rue de Soultz MSM LinuxMichi 0033/6/61925193 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]