Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 12:40:04 -0700 (PDT) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/37733: su(1) does not behave the way it is described in man Message-ID: <200205041940.g44Je4Z78753@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/37733; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG>
To: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@cell.sick.ru>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: bin/37733: su(1) does not behave the way it is described in man
Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 12:35:40 -0700
On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 11:10:39AM +0400, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
[snip]
> >Description:
> As it is mentioned in manpage su(1) :
>
> Only users who are a member of group 0 (normally ``wheel'') can su to
> ``root''. If group 0 is missing or empty, any user can su to ``root''.
>
> But if user is not listed in group wheel and his primary group is 0,
> he is allowed to su root. As it is said in comment in su.c, this
> is the desired behavior. This is quite different to manpage.
This is kind of funny. The person who add this feature was added to
su(1) did so because some one submitted a PR and they thought it was
_more_ consistent with the manpages,
revision 1.26
date: 1998/05/25 03:34:52; author: steve; state: Exp; lines: +14 -5
Allow a user in group 0 to su(1) to root if their primary
group is 0 in /etc/passwd even if they aren't listed
as a member in /etc/group. This is more inline with
what the group manpage says.
PR: 6696
Submitted by: Max Euston <meuston@jmrodgers.com>
Have a look at the argument in that PR.
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