Hi Alan,

Alan Ianson wrote to Michiel Broek:
AI> Michiel Broek wrote to Alan Ianson:
AI> 
AI> MB> AI> > After su do "export LOGNAME=mbse" and
then make install. It 
AI> seems
AI> MB> AI> > that some su versions change the LOGNAME variable to root.
AI> MB> AI> 
AI> MB> AI> Indeed that does do the trick. I'm back to debian etch witch I 
AI> guess
AI> MB> AI> is current and mbse seems to be running well here now
after a few
AI> MB> AI> adjustments. I think I'm in a good place now.. :)
AI> MB> 
AI> MB> Ok, it seems that the check needs improvement.
AI> MB> 
AI> MB> After su, what gives the commands 'who am i' and 'whoami'
AI> 
AI> who am i gives..
AI> 
AI> mbse   tty3   2006-06-24 11:12

This is good.

AI> and whoami gives..
AI> 
AI> root

Should be so.

AI> There is a -m, -p or --preserve-environment option for su but I don't know
AI> if that would be desirable or not. Running "su -p" might solve the 
AI> problem.

su -p doesn't work on my system so that seems a bad idea. I go for who am i
as alternative check.



    Greetings, Michiel Broek

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