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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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, 36583 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, sb <at> dod.no
Subject: bug#36583: 26.1; emacs 26 tries loading original user's .emacs after su to root
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 10:46:13 -0400

>> > 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?

Because it'll run with full admin privileges the user's ~/.emacs which
was likely not written under the assumption that you have to be very
careful not to mess up the whole system.


        Stefan
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