Re: apt-dialog - an interface to apt using 'dialog'

[Andrew Dvorak <breakerx@valinor.ssd.k12.wa.us>]

*HMM*..
atm, I cannot think of anything that would be causing this..
a temporary solution would be to directly log in as root, rather than
using su..

if anybody knows, please don't hessitate to diagnose the problem :)
(weather or not it's in su or apt-dialog)

On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
> Can't get this to work:
> 
> $ /bin/su -l root
> Password: 
> /bin/bash: -l: unrecognized option
> Usage:  /bin/bash [GNU long option] [option] ...
>         /bin/bash [GNU long option] [option] script-file ...
> GNU long options:
>         --debug
>         --dump-strings
>         --help
>         --login
>         --noediting
>         --noprofile
>         --norc
>         --posix
>         --rcfile
>         --restricted
>         --verbose
>         --version
> Shell options:
>         -irsD or -c command             (invocation only)
>         -abefhkmnptuvxBCHP or -o option
> 
>