Hmm, I should have mentioned that I use secure-su not GNU su. Could it
be you use GNU's version?
Then I guess it's a bug in secure-su.
Michael
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Dienstag, 23. Dezember 1997 22:02
> To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: su and init scripts
>
> In article
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Meskes, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >When using su to change the user you do not get that user's login
> shell,
> >but the one listed in the environment variable SHELL.
>
> That must be a bug in your version of su, since the manpage states it
> will
> use the shell in the password file. In fact, on a Debian 1.3 system:
>
> [defiant:root](~)> echo $SHELL
> /bin/bash
> [defiant:root](~)> su miquels -c 'echo $SHELL'
> /usr/bin/zsh
> [defiant:root](~)>
>
> If I strace it:
>
> setgid(10) = 0
> setuid(2101) = 0
> execve("/usr/bin/zsh", ["zsh", "-c", "echo $SHELL"], [/* 20 vars */])
> = 0
>
> A recent hamm system shows the same behaviour, btw
>
> I realize all this doesn't help you very much (sorry) in a direct way
> but
> hopefully it gives some more insight in the problem ..
>
> Mike.
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