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Re: root login



On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Matt Brubeck wrote:

> True, but if you type "su" instead of "/bin/su", then you're vulnerable
> to shell aliases or changed PATH variables.  These might be noticed

Yes, and su works because it's setuid root. A bit you can only set as;
big surprise, root.

Chipzz AKA
Jan Van Buggenhout
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