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From: robert@fledge.watson.org
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To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: bug in su error message (--help isn't much --help)
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>Number:         9467
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       su suggests using --help, but it don't work
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jan 12 19:50:00 PST 1999
>Closed-Date:    Mon Jan 25 20:30:52 PST 1999
>Last-Modified:  Mon Jan 25 20:31:40 PST 1999
>Originator:     Robert Watson
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.0-19981123-SNAP i386
>Organization:
>Environment:

running as root on -current from a few weeks ago

>Description:

Observe:

sleipnir:/home/robert# su uucp id
Usage: su [options]
Use su --help for help
sleipnir:/home/robert# su --help
robert has logged on ttyp1 from :0.0.
robert has logged on ttyp2 from :0.0.
robert has logged on ttyp3 from :0.0.
robert has logged on ttyp4 from :0.0.
sleipnir:/home/robert# ls
./                      .xsession*              csh.login
../                     .xsession-errors        csh.logout
.kde/                   Desktop/                snes/
.kderc                  Mail/                   test/
.snes96_snapshots/      bin/                    thomas/
.ssh/                   csh.cshrc
sleipnir:/home/robert# exit
sleipnir:/home/robert# 

>How-To-Repeat:

well, the above really.  It seems wrong. :) instead of giving help, it
su's.

>Fix:
	
No time, sorry :).

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
To: robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/9467: bug in su error message (--help isn't much --help) 
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 10:36:35 +0800

 robert@fledge.watson.org wrote:
 
 > Observe:
 > 
 > sleipnir:/home/robert# su uucp id
                             ^^^^
 > Usage: su [options]
 > Use su --help for help
 
 Counter-observe:
 
 spinner[10:33am]~-101# grep uucp /etc/passwd
 uucp:*:66:66:UUCP pseudo-user:/var/spool/uucppublic:/usr/libexec/uucp/uucico
                                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 spinner[10:33am]~-102# /usr/libexec/uucp/uucico -c id
 Usage: /usr/libexec/uucp/uucico [options]
 Use /usr/libexec/uucp/uucico --help for help
 
 su execs /usr/libexec/uucp/uucico with argv[0] = "su", so uucico gives 
 you a misleading error message.
 
 --help is coming from uucico, not su. :-)   This PR should probably be 
 closed. :-)
 
 Cheers,
 -Peter
 
 
 
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: steve 
State-Changed-When: Mon Jan 25 20:30:52 PST 1999 
State-Changed-Why:  
Hopefully Peter's response explained it sufficiently. 
>Unformatted:
