Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 02:54:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Bsd Newbie <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Bsd Newbie <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: really nice FreeBSD security feature.... Message-ID: <20010909095405.23088.qmail@web20102.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20010909015540.A49564@xor.obsecurity.org>
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--- Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 11:33:54PM -0700, Bsd Newbie wrote: > > This isn't news to anyone. I'm pretty sure everyone knows about it. > > > > I want to know the history behind if it anyone cares to share. > > > > I've noticed, in order to use the su command you need to be part of > the > > wheel group. While this may seem pretty insignificant I think it's an > > AWESOME feature. > > > > I haven't noticed this feature with Solaris or Linux... > > > > Is there a particular reason why FreeBSD was designed like this... and > why > > other's haven't followed suite? > > There's a big screed by RMS somewhere about how root wants to be free > and how he hax0red su back in his salad days to allow anyone to su to > root..I guess that's why Linnex does it. > > Kris > green eggs and ham... what? -Sameer > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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