Linda Walsh writes the following:
> 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.
Why do you think the `real uid' is called what it is?
Because that IS the real user. If you used su, you REALLY ARE who you su'ed
to. The previous uid is NOT REAL ANYMORE. If you want to believe otherwise,
go ahead and bloat your own kernel, but please quit trying to push that crap
into mine.
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