146230 – su does not preserve environment if told to

Bug 146230 - su does not preserve environment if told to

Summary: su does not preserve environment if told to

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 135705

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

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Reported:	2006-09-04 01:49 UTC by Oliver Weichhold
Modified:	2006-09-04 01:51 UTC (History)
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Description Oliver Weichhold 2006-09-04 01:49:51 UTC

I "su -m" from my ssh login user to root. According to the manual this option should preserve the environment. Unfortunately the -m, -p, --preserve-environment options are completely ignored.

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-09-04 01:51:15 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 135705 ***