Re: Bug#81396: root shell fscked after upgrade to woody
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 08:25:54PM -0800, Aaron Lehmann wrote:
> Debian has always exhibited this behavior for me. There's a simple
> workaround: don't log in as root.
>
> I don't know which is more distasteful: That you have telnet enabled, or
> that you have enabled remote root logins via telnet.
>
I was surprised to find that I'd enabled remote root logins via telnet, too.
he he. I'll close it after projects are over...
About having telnet enabled: everybody on the campus knows how to use telnet
but would be very surprised I didn't let them connect easily from windows
clients. For me, using telnet is of course a bit insecure but when I'm
not able to use an ssh client... it's easier.
> Interesting, RedHat 5.1 (and up?) exhibits exactly the opposite
> phenomenon. Log in as root and you get the right paths. su without '-'
> and you don't.
Hmmm. This is most probably directly related to login program. :/
Now, the interesting thing is this happens only on machines which have
upgraded, and sometimes it won't happen even on upgraded ones. ?
For instance, this machine is on woody latest, and it doesn't have the
bug. I login as root from console, and I get all the sbin paths here.
On borg, the bug occurs as you say, I login as root and I'm in like
a normal user. I have to do a 'su' to get things right.
What might be the reason for this?
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