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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 09:47:10 -0600
From: "Todd C. Miller" <Todd.Miller@...o.ws>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Are `su user' and/or `sudo -u user sh' considered dangerous?
On Tue, 12 Jun 2018 11:25:45 -0400, Jordan Glover wrote:
> > For sudo, there's the "use_pty" flag. (It's not enabled by default.)
>
> Why this isn't default? Where's the catch?
Up until recently there were issues with background processes being
killed when the pty went away. Using a pty will become the default
in a future release.
- todd
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