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Re: Are `su user' and/or `sudo -u user sh' considered dangerous?
From: "Todd C. Miller" <Todd.Miller () sudo ws>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 09:47:10 -0600
On Tue, 12 Jun 2018 11:25:45 -0400, Jordan Glover wrote:
For sudo, there's the "use_pty" flag. (It's not enabled by default.)Why this isn't default? Where's the catch?
Up until recently there were issues with background processes being killed when the pty went away. Using a pty will become the default in a future release. - todd
Current thread:
- Are `su user' and/or `sudo -u user sh' considered dangerous? Georgi Guninski (Jun 12)
- Re: Are `su user' and/or `sudo -u user sh' considered dangerous? Jakub Wilk (Jun 12)
- Re: Are `su user' and/or `sudo -u user sh' considered dangerous? Jordan Glover (Jun 12)
- Re: Are `su user' and/or `sudo -u user sh' considered dangerous? Todd C. Miller (Jun 12)
- Re: Are `su user' and/or `sudo -u user sh' considered dangerous? Georgi Guninski (Jun 13)
- Re: Are `su user' and/or `sudo -u user sh' considered dangerous? Georgi Guninski (Jun 13)
- Re: Are `su user' and/or `sudo -u user sh' considered dangerous? Jakub Wilk (Jun 14)
- Re: Are `su user' and/or `sudo -u user sh' considered dangerous? Georgi Guninski (Jun 15)
- Re: Are `su user' and/or `sudo -u user sh' considered dangerous? Jordan Glover (Jun 12)
- Re: Are `su user' and/or `sudo -u user sh' considered dangerous? Jakub Wilk (Jun 12)