Re: Debian´s change of "su" to the one in util-linux

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On Mon, Aug 06, 2018 at 09:21:23AM -0400, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 06, 2018 at 10:24:43AM +0200, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> > 
> > Thank you, Ted. This is the best explanation I saw so far. I accept it 
> > for default.
> >
> 
> An interesting question to consider is where would be the best place
> to put this kind of information.  I learned it very on in my career,
> and what is "obvious" to one person can be "obscure lore" to another.
> 
> It's probably too much tutorial information for the su man page, but

I don't see problem to add "SAFE ENVIRONMENT" to su(1), it's probably
place where the topic will be more visible than in some tutorial.

    Karel

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