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  1. Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!darwin.sura.net!mips!sdd.hp.com!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.iastate.edu!aviator.cc.iastate.edu!michaelv
  3. From: michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon)
  4. Subject: Re: Adding users
  5. Message-ID: <michaelv.712265690@aviator.cc.iastate.edu>
  6. Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System)
  7. Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
  8. References: <9207241849.AA06522@nms1.abb.com> <1992Jul24.215139.26837@nrao.edu>
  9. Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 19:34:50 GMT
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  12. In <1992Jul24.215139.26837@nrao.edu> cflatter@nrao.edu (Chris Flatters) writes:
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  14. >    2 - (Optional) If you want the new user to be able to use the su 
  15. >            command add his user name to the wheel group in /etc/group.
  16.  
  17. Just out of curiosity, where did the name for this group, "wheel," come
  18. from, anyway?  I've always wondered this...
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  22. Michael L. VanLoon                                     "Ignorance is bliss..."
  23. michaelv@iastate.edu      --       Computer Engineering, Iowa State University
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