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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!hookup!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!news.net99.net!news.pcslink.com!ryan From: ryan@pcslink.com (Ryan Mooney) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: su Root? Date: Mon, 05 Feb 96 08:30:22 GMT Organization: Phoenix Computer Specialists Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4f4far$ftu@news.pcslink.com> References: <4cu84p$5m3@huron.eel.ufl.edu> <4cudk2$4pi@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> <4d3e9j$37l@huron.eel.ufl.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ryan.pcslink.com X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3 In article <4d3e9j$37l@huron.eel.ufl.edu>, raub@kushana.aero.ufl.edu (Mauricio Tavares) wrote: >In 9 Jan 1996 18:53:54 GMT, Henry G. Juengst (juengst@saph1.physik.uni-bonn.de) wrote: > >> In article <4cu84p$5m3@huron.eel.ufl.edu>, raub@kushana.aero.ufl.edu (Mauricio Tavares) writes: Hmm I actually like that feature - I just add the people who are allowed in /etc/group and all is dandy. Of course I'm kind of a paranoid security weenie who doesn't want just anyone ot be able to su to root (of course depending on where you are and what you're doing... YMMV). >> I agree. It is not very nice that users have to be member of the group >> wheel (what a name...) just to be able to "su". Try the following patches: Although I do agree wheel is kind of a lame name for root group. Of course you could change it - just change the name in /etc/group and voila all is different (warning - this may cause something to barf I don't know I haven't tried it :) >