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Re: Why doesn't Debian use GNU su?



* Ben Collins said:

> > This is a VERY VERY good question. Our su is heavily patched to work
> > like GNU su, and still does a poor job of it. Why don't we just use
> > the GNU su in Red Hat's sh-utils package, since it's been patched for
> > proper PAM support?
> 
> Where do you get that shadow's su does not use PAM session management?
> Stop spreading bogus information.
Yes, it does, but the pam_limits stuff won't work anyway. The PAM takes
place BEFORE changing the persona - the limits of the target are NEVER
enforced (not even if you su - to root!). That's bad.

marek

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