On Sep 4, 2012 9:36 AM, <g....@free.fr> wrote: > > > > ----- Mail original ----- > > De: "Firerat" <fire...@googlemail.com> > > À: "LFS Developers Mailinglist" <lfs-dev@linuxfromscratch.org> > > Envoyé: Mardi 4 Septembre 2012 09:42:01 > > Objet: Re: [lfs-dev] campaign to save su > ... > > > > > > > > It has been too long since I last played around with it, but > > > > looking > > > > at my scripts I > > > > > > > > ln -sv su-tools /tools/bin/su > > > > > > > > I honestly don't recall where the su-tools came from. > > > > It may have been included in the package users hint's blobs ( > > > > more_control_helpers.tar.bz2 ) > > > > -- > > > > > > su-tools was chap 5 coreutils su, not suid installed, so this is > > > not a solution. > > > > > well.... you are wrong, it is the solution > > > no, it is not a solution. > Look at http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/changeset/9810 > su-tools was chap5 coreutils su but as that was not convenient to report coreutils tests issue in chap6 with su-tool used, it was changed in changeset/9810 to be installed under su name (in chap5). So that can't solve anything linking su-tools that no more exist under su-tools name or su name as coreutils su has vanished since 8.19 upgrade. > Ahh, I see the problem now,
su-tools was not from the blobs, it came from coreutils and now it is no more. Would have been easier to see if you wrote that su{-tools} simply didn't exist anymore, I thought you were worried about it not being suid > > You need to understand why they need it. > > Not for getting root but switching user from root to a non privileged > > user and as such it need not be suid. > > > I already understand the problem. Thank. > As do I now that I know that the su-tools I thought may have come packaged with the helper scripts didn't, it was from coreutils and is now awol well, like I said it's been a while, but I have acquired a couple of old Dell d600 laptops so will play around. My guess is simply grabbing from the host as Bruce suggested is the easiest option. Firerat -- > Gilles > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ > Unsubscribe: See the above information page
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