Subject: Re: "Don't login as root, use the su command."
To: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Vebjorn Ljosa <ljosa@initio.no>
List: current-users
Date: 02/11/2000 16:58:14
Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@nas.nasa.gov> writes:

> On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, David Brownlee wrote:
> 
> > > Maybe an environment varialbe SU_USER which is set when su su's you. ??
> > 
> > 	How about 'SU_FROM'?
> > 	(I like this idea :)
> 
> This would be fine. And it might help auditing too. :-)

hereabout we use $LOGNAME for this purpose, because that's what RCS
will use.  how about having su set $LOGNAME?

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