If compiled without PAM support, enforce the limits from /etc/limits when

one of the -, -l, or --login options is set, even if called by root.
Thanks to Justin Bronder.

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-10-13  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
+
+	* NEWS, src/su.c: If compiled without PAM support, enforce the
+	limits from /etc/limits when one of the -, -l, or --login options
+	is set, even if called by root. Thanks to Justin Bronder.
+
 2007-10-07  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
 
 	* NEWS, Changelog: Convert the Changelog and NEWS files to UTF-8

NEWS

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 $Id: NEWS,v 1.492 2007/02/01 20:49:25 kloczek Exp $
 
-shadow-4.0.18.1 -> shadow-4.0.18.2					09-08-2006
+shadow-4.0.18.1 -> shadow-4.0.18.2					13-10-2007
 
 *** general:
 - usermod: fixed handle -a option (by Benno Schulenberg
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ shadow-4.0.18.1 -> shadow-4.0.18.2					09-08-2006
   (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=211659),
 - groupadd, groupdel, groupmod, useradd, userdel, usermod: flush nscd cashes
   after close /etc/{group,passwd} files,
+- su: If compiled without PAM support, enforce the limits from /etc/limits
+  when one of the -, -l, or --login options is set, even if called by root.
+*** documentation:
 - updated translations: ja, nl, tl.
 - groupadd.8, groupmod.8, login.1, useradd.8, userdel.8, usermod.8: grammar
   mistakes and other correctstions (by Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>),

src/su.c

@@ -791,7 +791,8 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 #else				/* !USE_PAM */
 	environ = newenvp;	/* make new environment active */
 
-	if (!amroot)		/* no limits if su from root */
+	/* no limits if su from root (unless su must fake login's behavior) */
+	if (!amroot || fakelogin)
 		setup_limits (&pwent);
 
 	if (setup_uid_gid (&pwent, is_console))