[distribution-discuss] The userid in the prompt does not change after a su

[Bernd Schemmer]

Hi,

in the current Milax Distribution the userid printed in the prompt does 
not change after doing a su to  become another user.

The reason for this misbehaviour is not working code in .bashrc (looks 
like the .bashrc is copied from Linux):

The .bashrc uses "who am I" to get the current userid - that works in 
Linux but not in Solaris, example:

bash-3.2# id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root)

bash-3.2# who am i
root       pts/2        Apr 30 00:16    (t61p)

bash-3.2# su - nobody
$ id
uid=60001(nobody) gid=60001(nobody)

$ who am i
root       pts/2        Apr 30 00:16    (t61p)

To get around this, change the line

 u=`who am i | cut -f1 -d" "`

in the .bashrc to

__id=` id -u `
if [ $__id != 0 ] ; then
  u=`who am i | cut -f1 -d" "`
else
  u="root"
fi

And copy the .bashrc also into the home directory of root

regards

Bernd

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