On 2018-08-11, Pétùr <peturv...@gmail.com> wrote: > Le 11/08/2018 à 16:03, Curt a écrit : >> There was a lengthy discussion, but within it I don't remember anyone >> detailing the numerous reasons (or any reason at all) executing plain >> 'su' is a "really bad idea," (where I'm reading "really bad idea" to >> mean having unintended and very detrimental consequences to the >> hapless user). > > Sorry I missed the discussion (it was during my vacation). I read it > quickly and, indeed, there is no proper explanation why old "su" is > dangerous to use or a bad idea. > >
No one said the old su was dangerous or a bad idea. The new su came about because "all other distributions are using the implementations from util-linux." https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=833256 What was said here (in the NEWS or NOTES or some official document quoted in this thread) was that executing "su" without any arguments rather than "su -" was a very bad idea (so that those bitten by the fact the new, improved su doesn't reset the PATH are kind of getting what they deserve anyway for being ignorant). -- "She was a blank wall, fresh painted." Louise Erdrich, Love Medicine
