- # su function: makes su perform a login.
- # for some OSes, this transfers the X authority information to the new login.
- function su() {
- if debian_like; then
- # debian currently requires the full version which imports X authority
- # information for su.
-
- # get the x authority info for our current user.
- source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/security/get_x_auth.sh"
-
- if [ -z "$X_auth_info" ]; then
- # if there's no authentication info to pass along, we just do a normal su.
- /bin/su -l $*
- else
- # under X, we update the new login's authority info with the previous
- # user's info.
- (unset XAUTHORITY; /bin/su -l $* -c "$X_auth_info ; export DISPLAY=$DISPLAY ; bash")
- fi
- else
- # non-debian supposedly doesn't need the extra overhead any more.
- # or at least suse doesn't, which is the other one we've tested on.
- /bin/su -l $*
- fi
- }
-
- # sudo function wraps the normal sudo by ensuring we replace the terminal
- # label if they're doing an su with the sudo.
+ # this function wraps the normal sudo by ensuring we replace the terminal
+ # label before we launch what they're passing to sudo. we also preserve
+ # specific variables that enable the main user's ssh credentials to still
+ # be relied on for ssh forwarding, even if the '-i' flag is passed to cause
+ # a fresh shell (which normally doesn't get the launching user's environment
+ # variables).