jaka kranjc wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: bug-bash@gnu.org > Subject: Moving $PWD into restricted areas causes trouble with su > > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > Machine: i686 > OS: linux-gnu > Compiler: gcc > Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686' - > DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-linux-gnu' > -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' > -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include -I./lib -O2 -march=athlon-xp - > fomit-frame-pointer > uname output: Linux lynxlynxsp 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 #1 Thu Apr 14 08:07:59 CEST > 2005 > i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1700+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux > Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu > > Bash Version: 2.05b > Patch Level: 0 > Release Status: release > > Description: > The example is clear enough, I hope. When you su from a > non-exsisting folder, the result is not "optimal". I'm not sure > if this is the > right place - should I've sent this to the su buglist?
What is the `optimal' behavior? The current directory doesn't exist, and the shell is printing an error message to that effect. Since `cd' depends on $PWD to construct the new pathname, it will generate an error also. Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ( ``Discere est Dolere'' -- chet ) Live...Laugh...Love Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/ _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash