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Subject: cvs commit: ports/misc Makefile ports/misc/sh-utils Makefile
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trevor      2000/10/18 21:29:41 PDT

  Modified files:
    misc                 Makefile 
  Added files:
    misc/sh-utils        Makefile distinfo pkg-comment pkg-descr 
                         pkg-plist 
  Log:
  Add GNU sh-utils 2.0, enhanced versions of yes, true, pwd, and so
  forth (all with a "g" prepended to their names).  With the approval
  of the submitter, I've disabled the suid bit on gsu by default,
  with a note to users that they should review the philosophy behind
  GNU su:
  
  Why GNU `su' does not support the `wheel' group
  ===============================================
  
     (This section is by Richard Stallman.)
  
     Sometimes a few of the users try to hold total power over all the
  rest.  For example, in 1984, a few users at the MIT AI lab decided to
  seize power by changing the operator password on the Twenex system and
  keeping it secret from everyone else.  (I was able to thwart this coup
  and give power back to the users by patching the kernel, but I wouldn't
  know how to do that in Unix.)
  
     However, occasionally the rulers do tell someone.  Under the usual
  `su' mechanism, once someone learns the root password who sympathizes
  with the ordinary users, he or she can tell the rest.  The "wheel
  group" feature would make this impossible, and thus cement the power of
  the rulers.
  
     I'm on the side of the masses, not that of the rulers.  If you are
  used to supporting the bosses and sysadmins in whatever they do, you
  might find this idea strange at first.
  
  PR:		21884
  Submitted by:	Cyrille Lefevre <clefevre@citeweb.net>
  Reviewed by:	submitter
  Approved by:	silence on -ports regarding category
  
  Revision  Changes    Path
  1.299     +2 -1      ports/misc/Makefile



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