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bin/60176: su(1) lacks option for setlogin
>Number: 60176
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: su(1) lacks option for setlogin
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sun Apr 05 19:55:00 +0000 2026
>Originator: Taylor R Campbell
>Release: current, 11, 10, 9, ...
>Organization:
The NetBSU Login
>Environment:
>Description:
The su(1) command has no way to do setlogin(), so getlogin() always returns the original caller's login name.
>How-To-Repeat:
try to run automatic tests involving cvs (which uses getlogin() if getuid() == 0) in a chroot with su
>Fix:
Yes, please!
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