su password prompt ti stdout instead of /dev/tty

Hi, su password prompt is displayed to *stdout* instead of */dev/tty*. # su user $ su root -c date > /tmp/date 2>&1 (nothing displayed) $ cat /tmp/date Password:su: Sorry $ uname -a FreeBSD freebsd8.my.domain 8.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #0: Sat Nov 21 15:48:17 UTC 2009 r...@almeida.cse.bu

Re: su password prompt ti stdout instead of /dev/tty

Hi, Cyrille Lefevre wrote: > > Hi, > > su password prompt is displayed to *stdout* instead of */dev/tty*. > > # su user > $ su root -c date > /tmp/date 2>&1 > (nothing displayed) > $ cat /tmp/date > Password:su: Sorry > $ uname -a > FreeBSD freebsd8.my.domain 8.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #0

Re: su password prompt ti stdout instead of /dev/tty

On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:57, glen.j.barber@ wrote: Hi, Cyrille Lefevre wrote: Hi, su password prompt is displayed to *stdout* instead of */dev/tty*. # su user $ su root -c date > /tmp/date 2>&1 (nothing displayed) $ cat /tmp/date Password:su: Sorry $ uname -a FreeBSD freebsd8.my.domain 8.0-RE

Re: su password prompt ti stdout instead of /dev/tty

On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:48, jhell@ wrote: On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:57, glen.j.barber@ wrote: Hi, Cyrille Lefevre wrote: Hi, su password prompt is displayed to *stdout* instead of */dev/tty*. # su user $ su root -c date > /tmp/date 2>&1 (nothing displayed) $ cat /tmp/date Password:su: Sorry $

Re: su password prompt ti stdout instead of /dev/tty

Glen Barber a écrit : Hi, Cyrille Lefevre wrote: Hi, su password prompt is displayed to *stdout* instead of */dev/tty*. # su user $ su root -c date > /tmp/date 2>&1 (nothing displayed) $ cat /tmp/date Password:su: Sorry $ uname -a FreeBSD freebsd8.my.domain 8.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #

Re: su password prompt ti stdout instead of /dev/tty

jhell a écrit : If you mean for the program to appropriately append or overwrite to a file you should ( su user -c 'date >output 2>&1' ) instead no, I wanted the log written by the initiator, not the receiver. Regards, Cyrille Lefevre -- mailto:cyrille.lefevre-li...@laposte.net _

Re: su password prompt ti stdout instead of /dev/tty

jhell a écrit : On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:57, glen.j.barber@ wrote: Cyrille Lefevre wrote: su password prompt is displayed to *stdout* instead of */dev/tty*. # su user $ su root -c date > /tmp/date 2>&1 (nothing displayed) $ cat /tmp/date Password:su: Sorry $ uname -a FreeBSD freebsd8.my.domain

Re: su password prompt ti stdout instead of /dev/tty

jhell a écrit : On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:57, glen.j.barber@ wrote: Cyrille Lefevre wrote: su password prompt is displayed to *stdout* instead of */dev/tty*. # su user $ su root -c date > /tmp/date 2>&1 (nothing displayed) $ cat /tmp/date Password:su: Sorry $ uname -a FreeBSD freebsd8.my.domai