#5537 HIGH Update.: Use sudo, not su, to get root.

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#5537: Use sudo, not su, to get root.
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  Reporter:  cscott  |       Owner:  cscott  
      Type:  defect  |      Status:  new     
  Priority:  high    |   Milestone:  Update.1
 Component:  distro  |     Version:          
Resolution:          |    Keywords:          
  Verified:  0       |    Blocking:          
 Blockedby:          |  
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Comment(by cscott):

 If you do not use a login shell, then root's path does not include /sbin,
 /usr/sbin, etc.

 Can we please move the discussion of 'Root Shell Activity' into another
 bug?

 My current plan is to use the pam configuration provided above by Albert
 Cahalan in in [comment:27 comment 27], and ship as 'sudo' a small python
 script that will handle the most common sudo options.  I don't think that
 'su' will clean the environment the same way 'sudo' does.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/5537#comment:36>
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