Where can I find the source code for the su command?

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ipivkin2015-01-19 13:14:51

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ipivkin, 2015-01-19 13:14:51

Good afternoon, colleagues!
I can't find the source code for the su command . Please advise :)

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jcmvbkbc, 2015-01-19
@ipivkin

Until mid 2012 it was part of coreutils, see git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id...
Now it lives in util-linux: https://git.kernel.org/cgit /utils/util-linux/util-...

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yttrium, 2015-01-19
@yttrium

pkg-shadow.alioth.debian.org

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giner, 2015-01-28
@giner

On Debian-based systems, you can quickly get the source of any binary like this:

$ dpkg -S $(which su)
login: /bin/su
$ apt-get source login
...