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

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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: bug#36583: 26.1; emacs 26 tries loading original user's .emacs after su to root
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 17:53:52 +0300

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org,  sb <at> dod.no,  36583 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 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.

Isn't that what 'su' is supposed to allow?

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