GNU bug report logs - #28618
Emacs respects $HOME, even when user is root

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dor Azouri <dor.azouri <at> safebreach.com>

Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 15:31:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug, security, wontfix

Merged with 30912

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Dor Azouri <dor.azouri <at> safebreach.com>
Cc: 28618 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28618: Emacs Security Issue
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 14:03:23 -0400

PS If your concern is about a user account that can only run "sudo
emacs", firstly that seems a bit unlikely, and secondly Emacs is a
big, complicated program that can eg spawn a bash shell. So it should
not be used in a sudo environment where you want to have tight control
over what the sudoer can run.

BTW, if user foo runs "sudo emacs", it consults /root/.emacs, not ~foo/.emacs.
So I don't understand your specific concern with the init file.
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