From pkg-shadow-devel  Sun Nov 01 10:28:56 2009
From: Michel Hermier <michel.hermier () gmail ! com>
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:28:56 +0000
To: pkg-shadow-devel
Subject: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Fix default path for root with "su"
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Hi,

According to the manual:

    The current environment is passed to the new shell. The value of
$PATH is reset to /bin:/usr/bin for normal users, or
    /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin for the superuser. This may be
changed with the ENV_PATH and ENV_SUPATH definitions in
/etc/login.defs.

So for me when doing a simple "su" invocation the $PATH should be
"/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin" while "su foouser" should return
"/bin:/usr/bin" when /etc/login.defs is not modified. But it is not
the case, we unconditionally get "/bin:/usr/bin". Here is a patch that
correct this behavior.

Cheers,
    Michel

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