GNU bug report logs - #26827
[PATCH] system: Allow root to run "su" without password.

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>

Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 10:53:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #13 received at 26827-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 26827-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26827: [PATCH] system: Allow root to run "su" without
 password.
Date: Mon, 08 May 2017 23:08:35 +0200

Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net> skribis:
>
>> * gnu/system/pam.scm (unix-pam-service): Add pam-entry for "pam_rootok.so" to
>> auth field when ALLOW-ROOT? is #T.
>> (base-pam-services): Allow root to run "su" without authentication.
>
> LGTM, thanks for fixing it!

Thanks for the review!

Pushed to master with 0adb8e1f0178a08029583dadcd45cce80150e9d8.  I’m
glad it wasn’t so difficult to fix it.  This annoyed me for a while, but
I never got around to looking a little more closely…

--
Ricardo

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