Control: reassign -1 util-linux 2.32-0.2 Stefan Tauner <stefan.tau...@gmx.at> ezt írta (időpont: 2019. szept. 23., H, 15:30): > > On Wed, 11 Sep 2019 14:18:32 +0000 "Jakubith, Boris" > <b.jakub...@metis-ag.com> wrote: > > > I think this no _not_ a good idea. The semantics of 'su' is correct. The > > only error is that many users up to day count on the wrong behaviour. > > […] > > > > You can set 'ALWAYS_SET_PATH yes' for your installation, but generally - in > > a default install - this would be sooo wrong, especially because there many > > alternatives. > > I can't argue with that, however I want to point out that the root > terminal (at least on Mate) as described in the Debian wiki[1] is > executed via "gksu /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator" > that lacks the correct (PATH) environment too (I did an upgrade so maybe > this is a relic). > Changing the command to use gksudo instead sets up the right > directories AFAICT. This definitely looks like a bug to me. Can anybody > confirm the behavior (of launching a root terminal in a desktop > environment and not having the sbin directories in PATH) on a fresh > Gnome and/or Mate install? If this is deemed a bug shall we repurpose > this one or create a new one? > > Sidenote: It is also no longer possible to launch X applications from > such a (root) terminal which used to work (can't remember if I had to > persuade it to do so with some configuration files though). > > 1: https://wiki.debian.org/Root
It was a decision of util-linux maintainers to change the behaviour and /etc/default/su would be a better place to revert to the old behaviour which should be shipped by su. Cheers, Balint > -- > Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner > > _______________________________________________ > Pkg-shadow-devel mailing list > pkg-shadow-de...@alioth-lists.debian.net > https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-shadow-devel
