From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Feb 10 15: 5:53 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 119B345D3 for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2000 15:05:46 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA25185; Thu, 10 Feb 2000 15:32:18 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 15:32:18 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: David Kelly Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why I Don't Do Linux Message-ID: <20000210153218.C17536@fw.wintelcom.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from dkelly@hiwaay.net on Thu, Feb 10, 2000 at 04:47:33PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org * David Kelly [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. > > > 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. > 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