Re: Command 'su' is not working in virtual console
sudo -s
works ?
2011/12/16 Bart-Jan Vrielink <bartjan@vrielink.net>:
> On 12/16/11 21:53, Freddy Spierenburg wrote:
>>
>> Hi (first message) Bart-Jan and (second) Marko,
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 09:32:05PM +0100, Bart-Jan Vrielink wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> You shouldn't be able to strace suid programs.
>>>
>>
>> Please enlighten me, why not?
>>
>
>
> 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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