On Sat, 27 May 2017 19:09:59 -0600 Peter Gueckel <pgueckel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I opened a second tab in konsole and immediately ran sudo su to > obtain a prompt as root. I ran a program and then I forgot to > exit and just closed the tab. Am I still root somewhere? Or did > closing the tab do the same thing as a proper exit? It's my understanding that when the terminal closes, all associated processes are automatically stopped, unless something like screen was used to start a background job. I'm not sure if it is the same exit as a proper logout; e.g. does it save shell history?. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
