From: gevisz <gevisz@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What does su user flag actually mean?
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 14:57:34 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+t6X7dri+_jo6vFd6a6JeRYo0PAa_m2GV3_dxKjGvdN1XinVw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20241021133305.0f9c198f@coreI5.home>
пн, 21 окт. 2024 г. в 14:33, netfab <netbox253@netc.eu>:
>
> Le 21/10/24 à 13:07, gevisz a tapoté :
> > 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=2077815d701422d1f19942a695f7f19eaf49604e
> 2. https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/sys-apps/util-linux?id=c550eb53b108fcf6d4e2a38778230bc9a7d078e8
Thank you for your explanation too.
However, I didn't get it until Michael explained it in other words.
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2024-10-21 11:07 [gentoo-user] What does su user flag actually mean? gevisz
2024-10-21 11:29 ` Michael
2024-10-21 11:53 ` gevisz
2024-10-21 11:33 ` netfab
2024-10-21 11:57 ` gevisz [this message]
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