Ingo Schwarze wrote:
> su(I) goes back all the way to v1: (...) It wasn't in v0 PDP-7 UNIX though:
> https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Distributions/Research/McIlroy_v0/UnixEditionZero.txt
>From that text file's Introduction:
>> Besides the system proper, the major programs available under
>> UNIX are
Ingo Schwarze wrote:
> su(I) goes back all the way to v1: (...) It wasn't in v0 PDP-7 UNIX though:
> https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Distributions/Research/McIlroy_v0/UnixEditionZero.txt
>From that text file:
>> 8.4 chdir -- change directories
>>
>> To change the current directory, use
>>
>> ch
On 13/06/2019 20:56, Misc User wrote:
> On 6/13/2019 9:42 AM, Adam Thompson wrote:
>> On 2019-06-12 03:55, Ingo Schwarze wrote:
>> During initial system installation & deployment, before doas is
>> configured, and assuming you haven't [yet] added your SSH keys to
>> ~root/.ssh/allowed_keys, it's qu
On 6/13/2019 9:42 AM, Adam Thompson wrote:
On 2019-06-12 03:55, Ingo Schwarze wrote:
During initial system installation & deployment, before doas is
configured, and assuming you haven't [yet] added your SSH keys to
~root/.ssh/allowed_keys, it's quite impossible to avoid using su.
(AFAIK. If t
Well, I often need a root shell.
Usually I login as a user in group wheel, but not operator!
The perils of group operator were explained in a previous thread.
I don't use that group anymore.
As I understand, nothing like a web browser, etc. should ever be used by
root. So I don't.
I have been usi
On 2019-06-12 03:55, Ingo Schwarze wrote:
Even though su(1) can still be used today to relinquish privilege
when you are already root, no more development is done on it and people
rarely look at the manual page. The last time new functionality was
added to the su(1) manual page was almost a deca
Hi,
Christian Weisgerber wrote on Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 11:13:11AM -:
> On 2019-06-13, "Theo de Raadt" wrote:
>> Somebody wrote:
>>> I always considered that su is coming from _s_uper _u_ser. But maybe I
>>> am wrong, I am not from old UNIX days.
>> incorrect.
>>
>> NAME
>> su - substit
On 2019-06-13, "Theo de Raadt" wrote:
>> I always considered that su is coming from _s_uper _u_ser. But maybe I
>> am wrong, I am not from old UNIX days.
>
> incorrect.
>
> NAME
> su - substitute user identity
Well, that's V7, which appears to have engaged in a bit of revisionism
together w
> Ingo seems to be rather good at those.
My favorites are Nick Holland's answers. But let's not forget Stuart
Henderson, Henning Brauer, Stefan Sperling, Marc Espie ... and Dr.
House. The answers from the latter are hard to digest but always solid
and in place. May be others too, my excuses for no
Nan Xiao writes:
> Hi Ingo,
>
> Thanks for your detailed explanation!
Ingo seems to be rather good at those. The last trivial question I asked
got an exposé on precisely how the ports and base development processes
interact with one another.
I propose a motion that every answer Igno makes to a qu
On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 08:55:09AM +0100, Andrew Luke Nesbit wrote:
> On 13/06/2019 07:17, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> > Mihai Popescu wrote:
> >
> >>> ... if no account is provided, root is the default
> >>
> >> I always considered that su is coming from _s_uper _u_ser. But maybe I
> >> am wrong, I a
On 13/06/2019 07:17, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> Mihai Popescu wrote:
>
>>> ... if no account is provided, root is the default
>>
>> I always considered that su is coming from _s_uper _u_ser. But maybe I
>> am wrong, I am not from old UNIX days.
>
> incorrect.
>
> NAME
> su - substitute user id
Hi Ingo,
Thanks for your detailed explanation!
Best Regards
Nan Xiao
On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 4:55 PM Ingo Schwarze wrote:
>
> Hello Nan Xiao,
>
> Nan Xiao wrote on Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 02:19:08PM +0800:
>
> > I read su manual (https://man.openbsd.org/su.1), but can't find words
> > which said i
Mihai Popescu wrote:
> > ... if no account is provided, root is the default
>
> I always considered that su is coming from _s_uper _u_ser. But maybe I
> am wrong, I am not from old UNIX days.
incorrect.
NAME
su - substitute user identity
> ... if no account is provided, root is the default
I always considered that su is coming from _s_uper _u_ser. But maybe I
am wrong, I am not from old UNIX days.
Hello Nan Xiao,
Nan Xiao wrote on Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 02:19:08PM +0800:
> I read su manual (https://man.openbsd.org/su.1), but can't find words
> which said if no account is provided, root is the default.
The BUGS section says so indirectly, but i agree that is not sufficient.
A manual page oug
Hi misc@,
Greeting from me!
I read su manual (https://man.openbsd.org/su.1), but can't find words
which said if no account is provided, root is the default. But for
doas(https://man.openbsd.org/doas.1), it has following words:
-u userExecute the command as user. The default is root.
I am no
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