Alan Curry wrote:
>
> Linda Walsh writes the following:
> > The events can be tracked via forks/execs. When I su to another user
> >withing my current 'session', then spawn an xterminal, All I would see in the log
> >is that user "new" now has started a session. I'll see no idea that it was
> >really user "old".
>
> 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.
--- No, 'su' doesn't change who you are. I may know the password to root. As root I can su to 'paul'. I have not been authenticated as paul (since I don't know his password). 'su' doesn't require proof of identity so it really doesn't reflect authorized identity.-- Linda A Walsh | Trust Technology, Core Linux, SGI law@sgi.com | Voice: (650) 933-5338
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