From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8F0F0158042 for ; Mon, 21 Oct 2024 11:33:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3D95BE0899; Mon, 21 Oct 2024 11:33:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailo.com (msg-3.mailo.com [213.182.54.8]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A6ABFE0819 for ; Mon, 21 Oct 2024 11:33:09 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=netc.eu; s=mailo; t=1729510387; bh=YWxfY8g18v/JIIniDcaTfmoaXC5rhUn85TUdQJ8iQqc=; h=X-EA-Auth:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: X-Mailer:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=u3EJXiCzWJ90r5nzRtVH3oC9Fvgt/ux0EwdQgywfm9F5rs/K1X7gSHA54u03mKoBk bqJ8doUewnLivaOjblGsUvnn9PrNrE1hZSfI2kai9Z4y5KrDh2BIf0UWgYgQVXS3bK osLuS13Tyh3bDurMG4xc/SW+LzajVRHdDRdbeDx8= Received: by b221-2.in.mailobj.net [192.168.90.22] with ESMTP via ip-20.mailobj.net [213.182.54.20] Mon, 21 Oct 2024 13:33:07 +0200 (CEST) X-EA-Auth: mqHaRi1GBG+Jlq0Ud89pM50jtsXcpXiCxuXQmXyH43/hCI3Amgl88OhLRErk5eee3XpgC9NA6mbrcXGxxwQx+uxyfMMRjH3C Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 13:33:05 +0200 From: netfab To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What does su user flag actually mean? Message-ID: <20241021133305.0f9c198f@coreI5.home> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.41; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 730bae9a-c561-427c-a563-f7368a008057 X-Archives-Hash: d5ae6b6bd32585d798d40f8833f5dbdb Le 21/10/24 =C3=A0 13:07, gevisz a tapot=C3=A9 : > Can somebody explain to me what it means? It seems that the "su" useflag is building the "su" utility, and that this useflag is enabled by default on gentoo. See 1 and 2. So I guess that if "su" useflag is disabled, the "su" utility is not built nor installed. > sys-apps/util-linux: Revbump to introduce "logger" and "su" USE flags > Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/700834 > sys-apps/util-linux: enable su by default > shadow 4.10+ is deprecating 'su', so we're switching > to util-linux's implementation by default. 1. https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/sys-apps/util-linux?id= =3D2077815d701422d1f19942a695f7f19eaf49604e 2. https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/sys-apps/util-linux?id= =3Dc550eb53b108fcf6d4e2a38778230bc9a7d078e8