Bug 467877

Summary:	Use of runuser might be preferred to su -
Product:	[Community] Spacewalk	Reporter:	Michael Mráka <mmraka>
Component:	Server	Assignee:	Michael Mráka <mmraka>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Red Hat Satellite QA List <satqe-list>
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Priority:	low
Version:	0.2	CC:	cperry, msuchy
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Description Michael Mráka 2008-10-21 13:59:25 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #460547 +++

While investigating RHEL 4.5 setup for bug 391771, I came across su - oracle not working for account which was not active.

I asked the PAM maintainer about the problem and in the course of conversation, he mentioned that for automated root -> user execution in scripts, runuser is preferred to su -.

I wonder if we want to check our code and do a mass move from su - to runuser.

Comment 1 Michael Mráka 2008-10-23 08:56:56 UTC

Fixed in git, commits 74cfd061509a505f4d6ea96747d867f384d184da..e343f683abf829198f68934f620ad06e


commit e343f683abf829198f68934f620ad03c9d9bd06e
    Automatic commit of package [spacewalk-search] release [0.3.3-1].
commit 9cba3d453e1b9be8a935f6a9377c1c02d3f1d643
    467877 - modified %changelog entry
commit 3bee62ba1ccb7c0de624caac3942233d8dbe89b0
    467877 - use runuser instead of su
commit 2bb23925f0c1cff3bdb73bd82febf2037bd05136
    Automatic commit of package [spacewalk-setup] release [0.3.6-1].
commit b44bb2fb22d5ba582560f67f47c682455e65ac50
    467877 - modified %changelog entry
commit cf36116353462215ccf2a0a3cedb5177588ccf46
    467877 - use runuser instead of su
commit bd6e1e1f8687fd7865cfba28999f4d404e3768fb
    Automatic commit of package [tsdb] release [1.27.16-1].
commit 6f3fe8d02ce2da0c0afff7e7456317da9d6d9822
    467877 - modified %changelog entry
commit 9155bd4e499c357ee0fdcd24d619c6a812a22681
    Automatic commit of package [rhnmd] release [5.1.1-1].
commit c914d34db33468187ad5117c3e4cc181b7cdbe9e
    add Makefile
commit 3a9f2dffd3499d752e81273b82daec2fcc71a134
    467877 - modified %changelog entry
commit de887eb22824f8fbb8c41f7a70b103ffba4497d3
    467877 - use runuser instead of su
commit e3725c710425e5ae971f385b9fd0ae0052c11c0c
    Automatic commit of package [spacewalk-java] release [0.3.3-1].
commit 8ade617a3a6cdc128581e204277a3199c37d28be
    467877 - modified %changelog entry
commit 0528b111bcbfd29a9d7c913372df9ffa7ff95deb
    467877 - use runuser instead of su
commit f96431236f05d097e3d182b116a759115bb9fdac
    merging to overcome spacewalk-web-0.3.2-1 tag problem
commit 4b2a8ecc314371c5a7f1e012d1dc362e48873c26
    Automatic commit of package [spacewalk-web] release [0.3.2-1].
commit d1c15b5dad9c9883ac9b351687bd914cb07a8268
    467877 - modified %changelog entry
commit a017d4a705cf5ce89ea3c17df413390b274606a5
    Automatic commit of package [spacewalk-web] release [0.3.2-1].
commit c66fbfc95eb747fd23d7f18b07934dc2b9ac651e
    467877 - modified %changelog entry
commit 4ec2291e6045bd12d5cf22a7b900d06f866ccd42
    467877 - use runuser instead of su

Comment 2 Miroslav Suchý 2009-01-15 12:34:59 UTC

VERIFIED