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authorJeremy Huntwork <jhuntwork@linuxfromscratch.org>2007-04-03 12:21:48 +0000
committerJeremy Huntwork <jhuntwork@linuxfromscratch.org>2007-04-03 12:21:48 +0000
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parent85d8df50447b4bdcae11a0fb45253ed6fa8549bb (diff)
Install su from coreutils in chapter 5 as su-tools. Use su-tools to run test suites from coreutils and bash as user nobody. Fixes #1877
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@8006 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
+ <para>The above command refuses to install <filename>su</filename>
+ because it cannot install it setuid root as a non-privileged user. By
+ manually installing it with a different name, we can use it for running
+ tests in the final system as a non-privileged user and we keep a possibly
+ useful <command>su</command> from our host first place in our PATH. Install
+ it with:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>cp -v src/su /tools/bin/su-tools</userinput></screen>
+
</sect2>
<sect2 role="content">