Re: Are `su user' and/or `sudo -u user sh' considered dangerous?

["Todd C. Miller" <Todd.Miller () sudo ws>]

On Tue, 12 Jun 2018 11:25:45 -0400, Jordan Glover wrote:

> > For sudo, there's the "use_pty" flag. (It's not enabled by default.)
>
> Why this isn't default? Where's the catch?

Up until recently there were issues with background processes being
killed when the pty went away.  Using a pty will become the default
in a future release.

 - todd