Re:Systemd Absorbs “su” Command Functionality
by aexaey on Sunday August 30, 2015 @02:46PM
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Lennart's basic premise for doing this is quite wrong. Not completely groundless, but still substantially wrong. He writes:
> [su] will given you kind of a shell, and it’s fine to use it for that, but it’s not a full login, and shouldn’t be mistaken for one.
Well, yes, by default. But... that's what "su -" is for. Gives you new root shell as a treat, complete with env clean-up and running root's preferred shell interpreter.
Granted, having to type two extra characters each time is mildly annoying, but hardly a good reason to produce grand claims like "su is really a broken concept".
> [su] will given you kind of a shell, and it’s fine to use it for that, but it’s not a full login, and shouldn’t be mistaken for one.
Well, yes, by default. But... that's what "su -" is for. Gives you new root shell as a treat, complete with env clean-up and running root's preferred shell interpreter.
Granted, having to type two extra characters each time is mildly annoying, but hardly a good reason to produce grand claims like "su is really a broken concept".