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Bug 119747 - su - as non root user fails to enter /root
Summary: su - as non root user fails to enter /root
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 119455
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: coreutils
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Tim Waugh
QA Contact: Ben Levenson
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-04-01 22:56 UTC by Need Real Name
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:10 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2006-02-21 19:02:20 UTC
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Description Need Real Name 2004-04-01 22:56:37 UTC 
Description of problem:
As a non-root user, I cannot run su - and get to /root in one go
A cd /root works.

Example:
 $ su -
 Password:
 su: warning: cannot change directory to /root: permission denied
 # cd /root
 #
(now works)
Comment 1 Tim Waugh 2004-04-02 08:46:43 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 119455 ***
Comment 2 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-02-21 19:02:20 UTC 
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.
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