Re: Proposal "LUID"

From: Steve Dodd (steved@loth.demon.co.uk)
Date: Sun Apr 16 2000 - 18:19:36 EST


On Sun, Apr 16, 2000 at 06:05:04PM -0500, Alan Curry wrote:

> It really isn't user "old". su changes what user YOU REALLY ARE. That's what
> su MEANS. Substitute User. If you don't like it you can rm /bin/su. You don't
> need to bloat everybody's task_struct with this luid sillyness.

What's the difference between su and login, then?

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