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Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo



On Tue 07 Aug 2018 at 15:31:43 (+0200), Nicolas George wrote:
> The Wanderer (2018-08-07):

> > > Anyone who learns the user's password can obtain the second password 
> > > pretty easily.
> > How so?
> 
> Just insert a fake su in their path. There are more subtle ways.

This does make me wonder why nobody here seems to have pointed out
that su should be spelled "/bin/su -". My fingers have been wired
that way for 20 years.

Cheers,
David.


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