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| From | Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo |
| Date | 2018-08-07 20:50 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <wkfdo-4eo-31@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | (5 earlier) <wkadH-1ac-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <wkano-1dB-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <wkcSd-2RJ-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <wkdEC-3p7-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <wkeAG-403-9@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 06:01:27PM +0000, Curt wrote: >I thought his point might be that in typing the full path at least you >know you're getting '/bin/su' and not some other 'su' that a malevolent >individual might have created in your home directory after prepending HOME >to your path, for example (in that malevolent person's effort to elevate >himself to superuser status). Yes, it's just a completely useless thing to do for most plausible attack scenarios. Typing unnecessary characters to possibly protect yourself from one extremely specific (and frankly unlikely) attack seems more superstition than science; in a couple of decades of looking at compromised computers, I can't recall ever running across an attack in the wild that depended on someone typing "su" and not "/bin/su". Mike Stone
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As seen above: use of su vs sudo Martin Drescher <keine-eile@online.de> - 2018-08-07 12:00 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-08-07 12:50 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-08-07 13:20 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Martin Drescher <keine-eile@online.de> - 2018-08-07 13:30 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-08-07 17:20 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Martin <keine-eile@online.de> - 2018-08-07 17:40 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2018-08-07 18:20 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-08-07 14:10 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo likcoras <likcoras@riseup.net> - 2018-08-07 14:40 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo likcoras <likcoras@riseup.net> - 2018-08-07 14:00 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-08-07 13:00 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Stephan Seitz <stse+debian@fsing.rootsland.net> - 2018-08-07 13:20 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo James Allsopp <jamesaallsopp@googlemail.com> - 2018-08-07 13:30 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-08-07 13:50 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Stephan Seitz <stse+debian@fsing.rootsland.net> - 2018-08-07 14:30 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Martin <keine-eile@online.de> - 2018-08-07 14:30 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-08-07 15:20 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Martin <keine-eile@online.de> - 2018-08-07 15:50 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-08-07 14:20 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Dave Sherohman <dave@sherohman.org> - 2018-08-07 15:30 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Martin <keine-eile@online.de> - 2018-08-07 13:40 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Stephan Seitz <stse+debian@fsing.rootsland.net> - 2018-08-07 14:30 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2018-08-07 13:30 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Martin <keine-eile@online.de> - 2018-08-07 13:50 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2018-08-07 14:10 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Martin <keine-eile@online.de> - 2018-08-07 14:30 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2018-08-07 15:00 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2018-08-07 15:10 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2018-08-07 15:30 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2018-08-07 15:40 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-08-07 18:20 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2018-08-07 18:40 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-08-07 18:50 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-08-07 19:10 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-08-07 20:10 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2018-08-07 20:10 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-08-07 20:20 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-08-07 20:50 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Martin <keine-eile@online.de> - 2018-08-07 15:10 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2018-08-07 15:30 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-08-07 15:50 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Martin <keine-eile@online.de> - 2018-08-07 15:50 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Nemeth Gyorgy <friczy@freemail.hu> - 2018-08-07 21:10 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-08-07 22:10 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-08-07 15:20 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Stephan Seitz <stse+debian@fsing.rootsland.net> - 2018-08-07 16:10 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Dave Sherohman <dave@sherohman.org> - 2018-08-07 15:30 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2018-08-07 15:40 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-08-07 18:10 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo Eike Lantzsch <zp6cge@gmx.net> - 2018-08-07 14:30 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-08-07 16:00 +0200
Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-08-07 18:30 +0200
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