Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!snorkelwacker!ira.uka.de!smurf!gopnbg!tmpmbx!utower!geminix!gemini From: gemini@geminix.mbx.sub.org (Uwe Doering) Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386 Subject: Re: Strange effects of TZ on su -l Message-ID: Date: 28 May 90 10:27:46 GMT References: <343@design.axis.fr> Organization: Private UNIX Site Lines: 30 john@design.axis.fr (John H) writes: >Here is a wierdy I came across a while ago. I have my "TZ" environment >variable set to: >TZ="HFH-1HFE-2;84/2:00,273/2:00" >So I get DST at the right time here in France. It works very well. >But! Whenever I do a "su -l" (or any of the sysadm scripts that do >a "su -l" internaly) I get the error: > 00: Invalid identifier >just after I've entered the password. Does anyone know what might >be going wrong here? >I see the same effect in 386/ix 2.0.2 and Esix System 5.3.2 Rev. C. I've experienced the same problem here in Germany. There seems to be a bug in `su' that prevents it from working with the long form of the time zone string. Eventually I gave up and returned to the short form. It's easier to change this string twice a year than to change it whenever you want to use `su'. Hope this is fixed in Interactives 2.2 release. Uwe -- Uwe Doering | Domain : gemini@geminix.mbx.sub.org Berlin |--------------------------------------------------------------- West Germany | Bangpath : ...!uunet!pyramid!tub!tmpmbx!geminix!gemini