Fixing bug in execfuncs when setting the username

[nepi.git] / src / nepi / util / execfuncs.py

diff --git a/src/nepi/util/execfuncs.py b/src/nepi/util/execfuncs.py
index c998038..6b5f1a5 100644 (file)
--- a/src/nepi/util/execfuncs.py
+++ b/src/nepi/util/execfuncs.py
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ def lexec(command,
 
     if sudo:
         command = "sudo %s" % command
-    elif user:
-        command = "su %s ; %s " % (user, command)
+    
+    # XXX: Doing 'su user' blocks waiting for a password on stdin
+    #elif user:
+    #    command = "su %s ; %s " % (user, command)
 
     proc = subprocess.Popen(command,
                 shell = True,