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- From: eje@irenaeus.mlo.dec.com (Eric James Ewanco)
- Subject: su behavior
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.155112.18068@engage.pko.dec.com>
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- Reply-To: ewanco@kalvin.enet.dec.com
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 15:51:12 GMT
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- I noticed something unusual, at least to me, about su behavior on 386bsd.
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- I've used Ultrix in the past, Suns too, and they allow you to su on any
- terminal. But 386bsd insists that the only ones who can su are those who are in
- the group "wheel". This is pretty stupid, though, because when I put my user
- in group wheel, I automatically had root privileges!! This totally defeats the
- purpose of su! If you are allowed to su, then you don't need to because you
- already have root access!!!
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- Is this standard behavior for su? What is the reasoning behind this?
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- Of course if I don't like it I can just hack it and recompile it ;-)
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- Eric
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