From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#36583: 26.1; emacs 26 tries loading original user's .emacs after su to root Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 10:46:13 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87ims94p6p.fsf@dod.no> <83wogn3ghs.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="60916"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: sb@dod.no, 36583@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 12 16:47:08 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hlwpH-000FgH-Lp for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 16:47:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50218 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hlwpG-0001gS-Nc for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 10:47:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:49520) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hlwpE-0001gF-55 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 10:47:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hlwpC-0004aM-9D for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 10:47:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:59915) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hlwpC-0004aH-1c for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 10:47:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hlwpB-0001Qh-UZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 10:47:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 14:47:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 36583 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: notabug wontfix Original-Received: via spool by 36583-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B36583.15629427883774 (code B ref 36583); Fri, 12 Jul 2019 14:47:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 36583) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Jul 2019 14:46:28 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40503 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hlwoe-0000yQ-3z for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 10:46:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:43599) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hlwob-0000rN-Q1 for 36583@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 10:46:26 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 4708E444AFD; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 10:46:20 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id EDDC6444AF7; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 10:46:14 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1562942775; bh=/e2k+v5LesQKhM9KzNLRIY6aQZPDAWUrWuzAeaGNu1A=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=PsUc3keArDb+9/y76ma2/LN0MaOlemEzRJb5lNswdoXMIxkpMv+B6CH8ECBVvdl7s 9kv8elUU3ZMw3OTt6aNZnpwXCQB7s2/pdvr8aHRVxl+/RUxI2gOXOa3hq/OR3+xCXa ZpBrdIXpuWPBOAawnjUi5E342AIwfFNZ2wTgMm5O5bdHCTEL/S0HznPspPWbtygY5x PgD0Zlqa58E47moRcHYWXW65OAiutu23NfY2D+iQ+UeNW7qmvtdJrkWddo9N5NEt86 Pf7ppdYijJNulCOUnw2LdQNHB7pBFnPkdBc5PPsDxDSL+FUy3mOonRPxcw7S2nr1sA /4zzQyKNGbjLQ== Original-Received: from pastel (104-222-123-229.cpe.teksavvy.com [104.222.123.229]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B6D521201D7; Fri, 12 Jul 2019 10:46:14 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <83wogn3ghs.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 12 Jul 2019 09:37:51 +0300") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:162776 Archived-At: >> > This is explicitly documented in the manual. >> > "How Emacs Finds Your Init File". >> FWIW, I find this behavior very surprising (and dangerous). > Why is it dangerous? Because it'll run with full admin privileges the user's ~/.emacs which was likely not written under the assumption that you have to be very careful not to mess up the whole system. Stefan