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throw0101b ◴[] No.40214439[source]
First comment at the LWN:

> […] I think calling the flags "setuid" (as lwn appears to prefer?) just blurs things, since that's the name of a syscall (setuid()), which does something related, but is not actually involved in the concept that the inode SUID flag is about.

> Hence, I am a bit confused what that comment here is supposed to achieve? It just creates confusion?

> Lennart

* https://lwn.net/Articles/971747/

Reply by corbet:

> Lennart, the purpose was to be sure that readers knew what the term meant in the quote, nothing more.

Never change, Lennart, never change…

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1. mzs ◴[] No.40215945[source]
the right person to replace sudo, not: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/6237

PS: https://pwnies.com/systemd-bugs/

edit, this one went on for more than a year: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/6632