Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 15:32:18 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why I Don't Do Linux Message-ID: <20000210153218.C17536@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <v04220807b4c8f064200f@[10.0.0.20]>; from dkelly@hiwaay.net on Thu, Feb 10, 2000 at 04:47:33PM -0600 References: <v04220807b4c8f064200f@[10.0.0.20]>
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* David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> [000210 15:15] wrote: > Every now and then something pops up to remind me of how much I like > the professional attitude of FreeBSD and don't miss the Linux > radicals. At work our web pages are hosted at a local ISP on a Cobalt > RAQ. The man page for su says: > > > This program does not support a "wheel group" that > > restricts who can su to super-user accounts, because that > > can help fascist system administrators hold unwarranted > > power over other users. > > <SARCASTIC_MODE_ON> > Lets all rush out and lynch those "fascist system administrators" who > would even consider limiting who is allowed a chance at attempting to > become root. > <SARCASTIC_MODE_OFF> actually, it does support a wheel group: chown root:wheel /bin/su chmod 4750 /bin/su Cobalt is also cool because older versions leaked root's .bash_history. "giving new meaning to the slogan 'open systems'" *arf* -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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