Bug 118342 – sys-apps/shadow-4.0.14: su doesn't recognize the option -c

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Wolfgang Frisch 2006-01-08 17:27:07 UTC]

sys-apps/shadow has a getopts() related bug which breaks the -c option which is used by some scripts, so people might depend on it. This bug is also mentioned in the official change log: ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/software/shadow/ChangeLog

temporary solution: downgrade to sys-apps/shadow-4.0.13

[Comment 1 SpanKY 2006-01-09 06:27:04 UTC]

the ChangeLog lists fixes for -c, it doesnt mention any bugs

[Comment 2 jack_mort 2006-01-09 12:38:11 UTC]

Well I don't konw if the changes intended to modify the -c option but if you want it to work now, you have to specify the user, even if you want to su to root : 

- before : su -c foo bar => executes foo bar using root privileges
- after : su -c foo bar => -c isn't a recognized option, but su root -c foo bar will still work

[Comment 3 SpanKY 2006-01-09 14:54:27 UTC]

you could use `su - -c foo bar` or `su -- -c foo bar`, but yes, `su -c foo bar` should work

[Comment 4 SpanKY 2006-01-09 16:00:01 UTC]

grabbed a fix from upstream cvs and added to 4.0.14-r1

[Comment 5 Wolfgang Frisch 2006-01-09 18:40:36 UTC]

Thanks alot, that was quick.

[Comment 6 f5d8fd51ed1e804c9e8d0357e8614e0493b06e96 2006-01-10 05:53:34 UTC]

*** Bug 118004 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***