Bug 121629
| Summary: | su ignores all options except -s shell when passed -s shell; effects /etc/init.d/functions daemon() function | ||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | regs |
| Component: | coreutils | Assignee: | Tim Waugh <twaugh> |
| Status: | CLOSED RAWHIDE | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | 1 | ||
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| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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| Last Closed: | 2004-04-30 12:06:59 UTC | Type: | --- |
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Cross-linking for completeness: http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2004-04/msg00169.html This seems to work fine in coreutils-5.2.1-6: [tim@cyberelk tim]$ su - Password: [root@cyberelk root]# su - rpm -s /bin/bash -c "ls /" Your default context is user_u:user_r:user_t. Do you want to choose a different one? [n] bin dev home lib misc opt root selinux tmp var boot etc initrd lost+found mnt proc sbin sys usr [root@cyberelk root]# rpm -q coreutils coreutils-5.2.1-6 |
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040124 Description of problem: When su is passed the -s flag to specify a shell, it will do nothing but open that shell. The documentation for su seems to indicate that -s shell should just override using the shell from /etc/passwd. The upshot of this problem is that you can't script the running commands as a different user and override the shell. This breaks the --user option to daemon() in /etc/init.d/functions. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): coreutils-5.0-24 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. As root, execute 'su - rpm -s /bin/bash -c "ls /" Actual Results: You get an interactive shell for user rpm. Expected Results: The command 'ls /' should have been run as the user rpm Additional info: An example: safe|18:24|~# su - rpm -c "ls /" bin dev home-old lost+found old-home proc scratch var boot etc initrd media opt root tmp web cvsroot home lib mnt perllocal.pod sbin usr safe|18:25|~# su - rpm -s /bin/bash -c "ls /" -su-2.05b$ id uid=37(rpm) gid=37(rpm) groups=37(rpm) -su-2.05b$ exit logout safe|18:25|~# id uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root),1(bin),2(daemon),3(sys),4(adm),6(disk),10(wheel) safe|18:25|~# Here's a workaround to make --user work for daemon(): --- /etc/init.d/functions 2003-10-28 14:26:39.000000000 -0800 +++ /tmp/functions 2004-04-23 18:21:45.000000000 -0700 @@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ if [ -z "$user" ]; then $nice initlog $INITLOG_ARGS -c "$*" else - $nice initlog $INITLOG_ARGS -c "su -s /bin/bash - $user -c \"$*\"" + #$nice initlog $INITLOG_ARGS -c "su -s /bin/bash - $user -c \"$*\"" + $nice initlog $INITLOG_ARGS -c "su - $user -c \"$*\"" fi [ "$?" -eq 0 ] && success $"$base startup" || failure $"$base startup" }