On Fri, Jul 29, 2022 at 7:08 AM Greg Wooledge <g...@wooledge.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 11:39:01PM -0500, Igor Korot wrote: > > Open the Terminal > > Become root by running su > > Try to run ldconfig -> "Command not found" > > Try to run /sbin/ldconfig -> execution successful > > https://wiki.debian.org/NewInBuster#Changes > > Changes > > The su command in buster is provided by the util-linux source package, > instead of the shadow source package, and no longer alters the PATH > variable by default. This means that after doing su, your PATH may > not contain directories like /sbin, and many system administration > commands will fail. There are several workarounds: > > * Use su - instead; this launches a login shell, which forces PATH > to be changed, but also changes everything else including the > working directory. > > * Use sudo instead. sudo still runs commands with an altered > PATH variable. > > o To get a regular root shell with the correct PATH, you may > use sudo -s. > > o To get a login shell as root (equivalent to su -), you may > use sudo -i. > > * Put ALWAYS_SET_PATH yes in /etc/default/su (create it) to get > an approximation of the old behavior. This is documented in su(1). > > * Put the system administration directories (/sbin, /usr/sbin, > /usr/local/sbin) in your regular account's PATH (see > EnvironmentVariables for help with this). > > Logging in as root has become taboo. Sudo is the prefered mechanism for running administrator functions. I have root set to nologin with a null password to force sudo usage. One of the major issues with su root is that in a work environment with more than one administrator you would have to share the root password. Sharing one account provided no accountability as to who actually made changes. I would love to see Debian Bookworm disable root login by default. Root is a security vulnerability because the user name is known so it is easy to launch a brute force attack against the server. -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀
