> so you should do
> su-to-root -c "apt-get install foo"
> which works fine.
Ah, I see. The problem is with "sudo" then only, which requires the
command unquoted.
SU_TO_ROOT_SU=sudo su-to-root -c "apt-get install foo" will fail.
The same applies for "sux".
The attached patch should fix this.
--- /tmp/menu-2.1.37ubuntu1/scripts/su-to-root 2008-02-10 23:06:59.893067334 +0100
+++ /usr/sbin/su-to-root 2008-02-11 03:00:10.000000000 +0100
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin
SHELL=`eshell $PRIV`
case $SU_TO_ROOT_SU in
- sux) suname=sux; pwuser="$PRIV"; cmd='sux -p "$PRIV" "$COMMAND"';;
+ sux) suname=sux; pwuser="$PRIV"; cmd='sux -p "$PRIV" $COMMAND ';;
su) suname=su; pwuser="$PRIV"; cmd='su -p "$PRIV" -c "$COMMAND"';;
- *) suname=sudo;pwuser="$USER"; cmd='sudo -u "$PRIV" "$COMMAND"';;
+ *) suname=sudo;pwuser="$USER"; cmd='sudo -u "$PRIV" $COMMAND ';;
esac
transl 'Using %s...\n' "$suname"
transl 'Enter %s passwd at prompt.\n' "$pwuser"
