sudo with problems

Uwe Dippel udippel@yahoo.com
Wed Apr 23 15:53:01 2003


--- "Beerse,_Corni" <c.beerse@torex-hiscom.nl> wrote:
 
> The `vncserver` script clearly uses the real-userid and the
> real-users home
> directory. Not the effective userid and the effective users home
> directory.
> I would not regard this as a bug but a design option.
> 
> To avoid this, don't use:
> `su - myuser -c "vncviewer"`
> but use:
> `rsh localhost -l myuser "vncviewer"`

Whatsoever. A trial does not cost anything:  "Connection refused"
Actually, I had hoped for something like this (security !)

Vergeet het maar niet: http://www.koninginnedag.nl !!

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