Re: getlogin, su, and passwd

2014-05-05 Thread Robert Elz
Date:Mon, 5 May 2014 17:46:22 -0400 From:Jan Schaumann Message-ID: <20140505214622.gs26...@netmeister.org> | That is, passwd(1) will act on the current login name as returned by | getlogin(2), It has been that way for as long as I have been using unix (since 6th

getlogin, su, and passwd

2014-05-05 Thread Jan Schaumann
Hello, Consider the following scenario: $ whoami jschauma $ su - jdoe Password: $ whoami jdoe $ passwd Changing password for jschauma. Old Password: That is, passwd(1) will act on the current login name as returned by getlogin(2), regardless of whatever the current (effective or real) UID may be