Re: 'su' no longer working?

["Joe Smith" <unknown_kev_cat at hotmail dot com>]

> 'su' used to be an executable that worked correctly from a SYSTEM-owned
> shell, but now it's a shell script that simply prints a "not supported"
> message.  Is it possible to resurrect the old "su" executable (that
> perhaps prints the same message if run from a non-SYSTEM account)?

I know. It has been that way for many months (at least on my system). I'm 
surprised you just now noticed it.
It is a bit stupid, as su worked if run under a system account, or if run 
under a user account with the proper priveleges. (Someplace in this mailing 
list are the instructions).
(I know, I gave my main account those once. That let me do 'su SYSTEM' to 
get a system owned shell. :) ) 




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