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authorJim Meyering2002-08-01 11:19:24 +0200
committerJim Meyering2002-08-01 11:19:24 +0200
commit9fa7b2b0127205dae37f18e915196e2c39e09e4c (patch)
tree212f78d3aa674f1db75aed5fe7913173e8b2c13f /login-utils/su.c
parent(usage): Use the PACKAGE_BUGREPORT e-mail address, rather than hard-coding it. (diff)
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(run_shell): Exit with status 126 or 127 when execvp or
execv fails, for consistency with POSIX commands like env and nice.
Diffstat (limited to 'login-utils/su.c')
-rw-r--r--login-utils/su.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/login-utils/su.c b/login-utils/su.c
index 65bb8b3fc..3d834679e 100644
--- a/login-utils/su.c
+++ b/login-utils/su.c
@@ -397,8 +397,12 @@ run_shell (const char *shell, const char *command, char **additional_args)
args[argno++] = *additional_args;
args[argno] = NULL;
execv (shell, (char **) args);
- error (0, errno, _("cannot run %s"), shell);
- exit (1);
+
+ {
+ int exit_status = (errno == ENOENT ? 127 : 126);
+ error (0, errno, "%s", shell);
+ exit (exit_status);
+ }
}
/* Return 1 if SHELL is a restricted shell (one not returned by