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- Short: Su command for muFS (spawns off new shell also).
- Author: Chris Mc Carthy (cmccarth@icl.rtc-cork.ie)
- Uploader: cmccarth@icl.rtc-cork.ie
- Type: util/cli
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- Substitute User (for muFS).
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-
- Program to do the equivilant of the *IX su command (Substitute User)
- for the MultiUserFileSystem.
-
- If 1 argument is given (the userid), an attempt will be made to create
- a new shell under the new userid's uid. If the argument is the userid
- "root" (the superuser), or if there are no arguments given (in which case
- it defaults to "root"), the su program will check to see if the current
- user is a member of the group root (either primary or secondary).
- If the user is not in the group root, the program will return
- unsuccessfully.
- Next the password of the new user is requested, if the password matches
- the password of the supplied userid, then a new shell is spawned with the
- new user's uid, and the su program returns, and so does not wait for the
- other shell to return.
- Failed/Successfull attempts at su may/may not be logged in the
- multiuser.log file. This is handled my the multiuser.server, so it depends
- on your config file.
- NOTE: The super-user (root) does not need a password to su to any other
- user.
-
- To install, just copy the binary "su" to somewhere in your command
- path, e.g. c:
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-
- This program requires MultiUser, © Copyright 1993-1994 by Geert Uytterhoeven.
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- ============================= Archive contents =============================
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- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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- 5384 3529 34.4% 04-Nov-95 19:38:00 +su
- 3772 1706 54.7% 04-Nov-95 19:53:16 +su.bak
- 4696 2003 57.3% 04-Nov-95 19:34:16 +su.c
- 3772 1706 54.7% 04-Nov-95 19:53:40 +su.readme
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- 17624 8944 49.2% 09-Nov-95 18:04:02 4 files
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