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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


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