On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 07:48:16AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 3/26/25 6:55 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > [SNIP] > > > > I normally use "sudo -s", which is the closest sudo approximation to > > the traditional behvior of "su" (before it was broken in buster). > > > > I don't understand the reference to some "brokenness" of "su". > I've not closely followed this thread so I may be missing context. > > I only use "su" when doing something in MATE terminal on my local machine. I > do not use any command line options to "su". I just wait for it to ask for > my root password. I perform a few commands and then close that MATE > terminal. > > Does this "brokenness" of "su" have any potential effect on my usage?
Read the first item here: https://wiki.debian.org/NewInBuster#Changes ...and kids, always read the release notes (I do fail myself in that, too :) Cheers -- t
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