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Re: the su - user thread [Potential Debian Security Issue]



Hi,

Kevin van Haaren wrote:
> 
> if I:
> ssh in as a user account
> su root

have a look at this:

ralf@debian:~$ su 
Password: 
debian:/home/ralf# set | grep LOGNAME
LOGNAME=ralf
debian:/home/ralf# exit
ralf@debian:~$ su -
Password: 
debian:~# set | grep LOGNAME
LOGNAME=root

"su" != "su -"

what about the others?
do they have used "su -" oder "su"?

bye
Ralf



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