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Re: xhost-command in Debian1

From Keith Bainbridge <keithrbaugroups@gmail.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: xhost-command in Debian1
Date 2021-10-24 08:00 +0200
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On 24/10/21 05:31, Charles Curley wrote:
> alias su="su --whitelist-environment=DISPLAY,XAUTHORITY"


Doesn't that mean that when you type 'su' at a command prompt, the 
response will be running the command
--whitelist-environment=DISPLAY,XAUTHORITY
as root.

You won't be able to switch to root using   su  in future?

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All the best

Keith Bainbridge

keithrbaugroups@gmail.com

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Re: xhost-command in Debian11 Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-10-22 16:30 +0200
  Re: xhost-command in Debian11 David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-10-22 16:50 +0200
    Re: xhost-command in Debian1 Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-10-23 20:40 +0200
      Re: xhost-command in Debian1 Keith Bainbridge <keithrbaugroups@gmail.com> - 2021-10-24 08:00 +0200
        Re: xhost-command in Debian1 Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-10-24 15:20 +0200
  Re: xhost-command in Debian11 Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2021-10-22 17:00 +0200

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