Thank you for helping Ubuntu by reporting this bug. We've had a small discussion about this at IRC and decided that prohibiting certain aliases is not desirable, you simply shift the problem somewhere else. Therefore I'm marking this bug as Won't Fix.
More information about and previous discussions on this issue can be found in the conversation of bug #127116 and the following thread at Ubuntuforums.org: <http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=504740>. ** Package changed: ubuntu => bash (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: bash (Ubuntu) Importance: Wishlist => Undecided ** Changed in: bash (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix -- privilege escalation by su/sudo/gksu/kdesu alias https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/368054 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs