Bug 36660

Summary: kdesu should have an option like "su - <user>"
Product: [Applications] kdesu Reporter: Ferdinand Gassauer <gassauer>
Component: generalAssignee: kdesu bugs tracker <kdesu-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: wishlist CC: o.evans
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Compiled Sources   
OS: Linux   
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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