On Saturday 29 August 2015 10:39:07 Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Sat, 29 Aug 2015 09:49:55 -0400 > > Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > > > > If su goes away, IMNSHO, it will be such a PITA that it will > > > > encourage far more people to just give up and run their machines > > > > as root full time. And I don't believe for a millisecond that > > > > is the effect intended. > > > > > > They provide some systemd-specific kludge instead of su. So it's > > > not that bad. > > > > I don't recall recognizing that being discussed yet. > > Please read the bugreport. It's all there. > > https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/825 > > > > And, given the current systemd adoption rate in Debian, I'd say > > > that we, stable users, have 3-4 years before that "machinectl > > > login" thing will be available to us. > > > > > > > So, if su goes away, how do I accomplish those tasks in a > > > > suitable manner that will not bore a hole in the user sandbox? > > > > > > If it comes to this (i.e 'su' will go away) - I just use busybox > > > (which has perfectly working implementation of su without the > > > fancy bits). I.e. > > > > > > busybox su - > > > > Command not found. Wheezy 32 bit install. > > Obviously for this command to work it's required to install busybox. > I'd recommend busybox-static package. > > Reco
Installed it, suid problems: gene@coyote:~$ busybox su amanda su: must be suid to work properly gene@coyote:~$ busybox su - su: must be suid to work properly Is it still finding the system su first? Thanks Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
