GNU bug report logs - #36583
26.1; emacs 26 tries loading original user's .emacs after su to root

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Steinar Bang <sb <at> dod.no>

Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 20:24:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Merged with 19477, 36604

Found in version 26.1

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Message #26 received at 36583 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, 36583 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, sb <at> dod.no
Subject: Re: bug#36583: 26.1;
 emacs 26 tries loading original user's .emacs after su to root
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 09:37:51 +0300

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 18:58:40 -0400
> Cc: Steinar Bang <sb <at> dod.no>, 36583 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > This is explicitly documented in the manual.
> > "How Emacs Finds Your Init File".
> 
> FWIW, I find this behavior very surprising (and dangerous).

Why is it dangerous?
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