[PATCH] su: support numeric UIDs with a -n flag

Michael Tokarev mjt at tls.msk.ru
Tue May 10 14:06:35 UTC 2022


10.05.2022 16:53, Michael Tokarev wrote:
..
> Do you really want su there? Maybe setpriv will better suit your needs?

Grrr, and setpriv in busybox does not support user/group settings at all... ;)

Why I asked: it is uncommon for su to accept numeric UIDs, - be it busybox
or anything else.  Also, su interface is quite strange in the arguments
handling.

/mjt


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