tcsh sets LOGNAME, so I'd ideally prefer something that works
	for both csh and tcsh (hence the SU_FROM :)


		David/absolute

On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Manuel Bouyer wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 11, 2000 at 05:51:12PM +0000, Christos Zoulas wrote:
> > This is not a good idea.
> > LOGNAME will contain the original user's pw->pw_name as set by /usr/bin/login.
> > USER will containt the current user's pw->pw_name as set by /usr/bin/su.
> > 
> > If you overwrite LOGNAME you'll lose that information.
> 
> It seems that 'su -' doesn't set LOGNAME. Maybe we could just check
> for LOGNAME == "root" then ?
> 
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> Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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