who am i

[Scott M. Likens]

On Thu, 2003-07-03 at 15:46, Richard Arends wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Please take a look at this:
> 
> =================================================================
> [snowlap] ~$ who am i
> richard          ttyp5    Jul  4 00:34 (:0.0)
> [snowlap] ~$ su -
> Password:
> Last login: Fri Jul  4 00:31:17 on ttyp5
> snowlap# who am i
> root             ttyp5    Jul  4 00:34
> snowlap# exit
> logout
> [snowlap] ~$ who am i
> root             ttyp5    Jul  4 00:34
> =================================================================
> 
> Of course the latest 'who am i' should return 'richard' and not(!) 'root'
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Richard.
> 

Quite interesting, I do concur... I get the same thing here...

damm at acheron:~> who am i
damm             ttyp5    Jul  3 16:06 (:0.0)
damm at acheron:~> su -
Password:
Last login: Thu Jul  3 14:06:16 on ttyp4
root at acheron:~# who am i
root             ttyp5    Jul  3 16:06 
root at acheron:~# logout
damm at acheron:~> who am i
root             ttyp5    Jul  3 16:06 
damm at acheron:~> 

Quite odd... yet true.