Alan Curry wrote:
> So finally, you admit CAPP is a bug :)
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Lack of CAPP is a bug definitely, but CAPP itself...well...it is government issue ya know...:-)
>
> And why again does the "literal password" supplied at the su password prompt
> not count?
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More or less for *tracking* reasons. Let's suppose this system is usually administered remotely and
root can only login at the physical console (presumably in a physically secure location). Then each
'su' to root retains who the real 'user' is. The 'root' password may possibly be given out to multiple system
admins. You also have the fact that you can possibly suspend the 'su' session and return to the
base session -- then back to the previous user, etc, all w/no passwd re-entry.
If we changed the login id to 'root', we'd tend to lose track of who the "real" user was who logged
in and "su"ed.
-l
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