Bug 36660

Summary:	kdesu should have an option like "su - <user>"
Product:	[Applications] kdesu	Reporter:	Ferdinand Gassauer <gassauer>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdesu bugs tracker <kdesu-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	o.evans
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Ferdinand Gassauer 2001-12-31 13:41:44 UTC

(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***)

Package:           kdesu
Version:           KDE 2.9.0 2 (post 3.0 beta1)
Severity:          wishlist
Installed from:    compiled sources
Compiler:          gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (SuSE)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.4.10-4GB
OS/Compiler notes: 

Hi!
IMHO it would be useful to optionaly kdesu -u <user> with the option to set the environment (PATH) of the new user.
Apparently kdesu does a "su <user>" 
cu
ferdinand


(Submitted via bugs.kde.org)
(Called from KBugReport dialog. Fields Application manually changed)

Comment 1 Alan Eldridge 2002-10-16 11:24:54 UTC

Reassigned to new maintainer.

Comment 2 Stephan Binner 2002-10-27 19:51:01 UTC

*** Bug 30798 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Ferdinand Gassauer 2003-01-29 20:26:38 UTC

kdesu -u <user> does it