On Wed, 11 Sep 2019 14:18:32 +0000 "Jakubith, Boris" <b.jakub...@metis-ag.com> wrote:
> I think this no _not_ a good idea. The semantics of 'su' is correct. The > only error is that many users up to day count on the wrong behaviour. > […] > > You can set 'ALWAYS_SET_PATH yes' for your installation, but generally - in > a default install - this would be sooo wrong, especially because there many > alternatives. I can't argue with that, however I want to point out that the root terminal (at least on Mate) as described in the Debian wiki[1] is executed via "gksu /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator" that lacks the correct (PATH) environment too (I did an upgrade so maybe this is a relic). Changing the command to use gksudo instead sets up the right directories AFAICT. This definitely looks like a bug to me. Can anybody confirm the behavior (of launching a root terminal in a desktop environment and not having the sbin directories in PATH) on a fresh Gnome and/or Mate install? If this is deemed a bug shall we repurpose this one or create a new one? Sidenote: It is also no longer possible to launch X applications from such a (root) terminal which used to work (can't remember if I had to persuade it to do so with some configuration files though). 1: https://wiki.debian.org/Root -- Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner