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Date:      Tue, 15 Aug 2000 16:16:25 +0100
From:      j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
Cc:        "Christopher S. Weimann" <cweimann@wallnet.com>, Olaf Hoyer <ohoyer@fbwi.fh-wilhelmshaven.de>, David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Why I Don't Do Linux
Message-ID:  <20000815161625.B38878@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
In-Reply-To: <20000210185747.G17536@fw.wintelcom.net>; from bright@wintelcom.net on Thu, Feb 10, 2000 at 06:57:48PM -0800
References:  <v04220807b4c8f064200f@[10.0.0.20]> <4.1.20000211014526.00cc8730@mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de> <20000210212329.A4718@wallnet.com> <20000210185747.G17536@fw.wintelcom.net>

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| > 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.
| >
| 
| Or any kind of accountability...

How does the wheel group enforce accountability?  Doesn't disabling remote
root logins (thus requiring 'su) produce an audit trial, thus enforcing
accountability?


jm
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