Bug 120612 - "su" keeps user bin directory first in $PATH
Summary: "su" keeps user bin directory first in $PATH
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
: 120609 (view as bug list)
Alias: None
Product: SUSE LINUX 10.0
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Basesystem (show other bugs)
Version: Final
Hardware: Other All
: P5 - None : Major
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Assignee: Dr. Werner Fink
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Reported: 2005-10-06 12:18 UTC by Anders Johansson
Modified: 2005-10-06 13:02 UTC (History)
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Comment 1 Thorsten Kukuk 2005-10-06 12:37:51 UTC 
Of couse you can never use plain "su" out of the box on someone else's
login safely and you never could. The solution is "su -".
Comment 2 Thorsten Kukuk 2005-10-06 12:38:39 UTC 
*** Bug 120609 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Anders Johansson 2005-10-06 12:46:00 UTC 
That is not true. Up until 9.3 "su" reset $PATH to a secure value
Comment 4 Thorsten Kukuk 2005-10-06 13:02:38 UTC 
Having a $PATH which looks clean does not mean the environment is "clean".
The difference between "su" and "su -" was/is not only overwriting the $PATH
variable.