Re: Command 'su' is not working in virtual console
yes, it does.
On 12/16/2011 10:06 PM, frederic ollivier wrote:
> sudo -s
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> works ?
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> 2011/12/16 Bart-Jan Vrielink <bartjan@vrielink.net>:
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>> On 12/16/11 21:53, Freddy Spierenburg wrote:
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>>> Hi (first message) Bart-Jan and (second) Marko,
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>>> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 09:32:05PM +0100, Bart-Jan Vrielink wrote:
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>>>> You shouldn't be able to strace suid programs.
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>>> Please enlighten me, why not?
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>> suid/setuid means that the program runs as another user. Being able to trace
>> system calls for another user is a security risk. When strace is asked to
>> run a setuid program, it will ignore the setuid bit, which is not what you
>> want.
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