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bug#28618: Emacs Security Issue
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From: |
Noam Postavsky |
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Subject: |
bug#28618: Emacs Security Issue |
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Date: |
Fri, 29 Sep 2017 18:55:13 -0400 |
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User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
tags 28618 - unreproducible
tags 28618 + notabug
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:
> On some systems, sudo may preserve HOME by default. Or it may be
> optional behaviour with "sudo -E" (eg on Debian 8, it seems).
Ah, that explains the discrepancy then (it's the same with Debian 9,
which I'm using here).
> Ref eg
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> https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/18369/issues-with-preserving-home-on-sudo
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> As it stands, I don't think this is an Emacs issue.
I agree.