[bugs #12491] updatedb broken with solaris su

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                 Summary: updatedb broken with solaris su
                 Project: findutils
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Mon 03/28/2005 at 08:36
                Category: updatedb
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Wrong result
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Tim Bishop
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: None
           Fixed Release: None

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Details:

This is a problem with 4.2.20 (it's not in the Release box on the bug report
form).

The solaris su doesn't support the -s flag. So when update db runs something
like "su -s /bin/sh -c command" it ends up just starting /bin/sh.

Not sure on the best fix - I guess some way of disabling this feature at
runtime? It's worth noting that the FreeBSD su also doesn't support this
behaviour. Is it a linux-only feature?



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