On 2018-08-12 00:13:31 +, Dale Forsyth wrote:
>
> From: Pétùr
> Sent: Saturday, 11 August 2018 7:41 PM
> To: debian-user
> Subject: New su behavior in util-linux 2.32
>
> Using 'su' generates now an path error when launchin
On 2018-08-13 14:06 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote:
> Actually, util-linux is distributed by the Linux Kernel Organization
> (i.e. the folks at kernel.org). So, yes, Debian has to match what Red
> Hat does inasmuch as Red Hat uses a Linux kernel and so does
> Debian. It just makes sense to use the kern
On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 08:43:12AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 11:41:34AM +0200, Pétùr wrote:
The new 'su' is useless for me because it cannot launch root program.
I did the modification in /etc/login.defs and restore the previous
behavior. However I am concern with the s
On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 11:41:34AM +0200, Pétùr wrote:
> The new 'su' is useless for me because it cannot launch root program.
> I did the modification in /etc/login.defs and restore the previous
> behavior. However I am concern with the statement " Doing plain 'su'
> is a really bad idea for many
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From: Pétùr
Sent: Saturday, 11 August 2018 7:41 PM
To: debian-user
Subject: New su behavior in util-linux 2.32
Using 'su' generates now an path error when
On 2018-08-11, Pétùr 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 havi
Le 11/08/2018 à 13:42, Nicolas George a écrit :
> Pétùr (2018-08-11):
>> The new 'su' is useless for me because it cannot launch root program.
> Maybe learn how to use $PATH?
If I modify $PATH for the new "su", I basically re-implement the old
behavior of "su". This is exactly what adding 'ALWAYS_
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
>
> 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).
On 2018-08-11, Stefan Krusche wrote:
>>
>> The first difference is probably the most user visible one. Doing
>> plain 'su' is a really bad idea for many reasons, so using 'su -' is
>> strongly recommended to always get a newly set up environment similar
>> to a normal login. If you want to
Pétùr (2018-08-11):
> The new 'su' is useless for me because it cannot launch root program.
Maybe learn how to use $PATH?
Regards,
--
Nicolas George
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Am Samstag 11 August 2018 schrieb Pétùr:
> Using 'su' generates now an path error when launching programs such as
> 'shutdown'. The cause is a new behavior described below. ---
> util-linux (2.32-0.4) unstable; urgency=medium
>
> The util-linux implementation of /bin/su is now used, replacing the
Using 'su' generates now an path error when launching programs such as
'shutdown'. The cause is a new behavior described below.
---
util-linux (2.32-0.4) unstable; urgency=medium
The util-linux implementation of /bin/su is now used, replacing the
one previously supplied by src:shadow (shipped
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