Why doesn't Debian use GNU su?
>>>>> "Ethan" == Ethan Benson <erbenson@alaska.net> writes:
Ethan> so things like pam_limits and such will not work either?
That's right. Our su doesn't do any session management with PAM.
Ethan> so why does debian not use the GNU su?
This is a VERY VERY good question. Our su is heavily patched to work
like GNU su, and still does a poor job of it. Why don't we just use
the GNU su in Red Hat's sh-utils package, since it's been patched for
proper PAM support?
Ben
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