I've created packages for both the gnu sh-utils-2.0 and for bash-2.05<P>The sh-utils package includes (amongst other things) the gnu su command, which is (imho) better than bsd su because it allows ...

A vulnerability in the Linux sudo command has been discovered that could allow unprivileged users to execute commands as root. Thankfully, this vulnerability only works in non-standard configurations ...

There's a lot of hubbub out there now about a security hole in the Unix/Linux family's sudo command. Sudo is the command, which enables normal users to run commands as if they were the root user, aka ...