Hi. On Fri, 28 Aug 2015 16:57:01 +0100 Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> On Fri 28 Aug 2015 at 11:16:11 -0400, Renaud OLGIATI wrote: > > > Systemd-Linux to get rid of su: > > > > https://tlhp.cf/lennart-poettering-su/ > > > > Is this a trend to make _all_ the GNU-Linux tools disappear, and have > > _everything_ > > incorporated into systemd ? > > When a thread is started with a complete misrepresentation of the facts > of the situation the only way left for it go is downhill. > > https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/825 Surely you meant the very github thread you're referring to. Compare su(1): The su command is used to become another user *during a login session*. To: Well, there have been long discussions about this, but the problem is that what "su" is supposed to do is very unclear. On one hand it's supposed *to open a new session* and change a number of execution context parameters (uid, gid, env, ...), and on the other it's supposed to inherit a lot concepts from the originating session (tty, cgroup, audit, ...). I'm kind of surprised that the bug was not closed as WONTFIX. su(1) is not a "full login", but it's not supposed to provide one anyway. Reco
