[oclug] Can't su from a pts

Joe Burpee jeb at burkby.com
Mon Mar 11 14:55:45 EST 2002


On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 at 14:31:57 -0500, Dave Edwards wrote:
> Bada-bing bada-boom!  That's it.  'su' is part of an until-just-now
> forgotten alias.
> []:-)

OK Dave, lemme guess ...

$ alias su='su -c'
$ su root
Password: 
bash: root: command not found
 
Some people think the name "bash" is as in "party time"; I think it's
more like what it does to your head.  8-)

Joe



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