The help is greatly appreciated, Thanks.
Original Questions:
> On SunOS 4.1.? and 5.? systems.
>
> Q. What is the difference in the
> binaries for the su command
> in the /sbin and /usr/bin
> directories? They are different
> in size.
>
> Q. Can I substitute a single binary
> for both versions? I have an
> "su" command which restricts
> root when SUing to other users.
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The difference is static vs. dynamic linking. If
your *.so libraries, or the partition they live
on, are gone, or inaccessible, you can use the
statically-linked binaries in /sbin
If you want to substitute a single binary for the
two, be sure that the single new one is statically
linked, and lives in /sbin. The Gnu C
compiler lets you force static linking with a
command line switch; I
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