Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 28 Nov 2003 16:52:10 +0530 | From | Raj <> | Subject | Re: Strange behavior observed w.r.t 'su' command |
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Andreas Schwab wrote:
>mru@kth.se (Måns Rullgård) writes: > > > >>It appears that my su exec()s the shell, whereas the redhat and gentoo >>su fork() and exec(). >> >> > >Yes, your su probably does not support PAM. > >Andreas. > > > But why is it that after 'su - root', running 'ps' shows 'su' as a separate process, whereas, 'su - otheruser' and then 'ps' does not show 'su' in the process list ?? In plain words, why does this happen only for su to root ?
/Raj
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