From owner-cvs-usrbin Tue Feb 25 21:07:57 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA15080 for cvs-usrbin-outgoing; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 21:07:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from veda.is (ubiq.veda.is [193.4.230.60]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA15069; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 21:07:31 -0800 (PST) Received: (from adam@localhost) by veda.is (8.8.4/8.7.3) id FAA07685; Wed, 26 Feb 1997 05:18:43 GMT From: Adam David Message-Id: <199702260518.FAA07685@veda.is> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/su su.1 su.c In-Reply-To: from Burton Sampley at "Feb 25, 97 03:33:33 pm" To: burton@bsampley.vip.best.com (Burton Sampley) Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 05:18:41 +0000 (GMT) Cc: guido@gvr.win.tue.nl, chuckr@glue.umd.edu, danny@panda.hilink.com.au, ache@nagual.ru, guido@freefall.freebsd.org, CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-usrbin@freefall.freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-cvs-usrbin@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I have to take a minute to through in my 2 cents here. After working in > the EDP Audit Department for a major bank in the US, the thought of a co. > not knowing who has access to root privs is a little frightening. What's > the co.'s reasoning for this kind of setup? I would hope it's *NOT* a > mission critical, production box. The thought of such a company not knowing who its users are is indeed terrible, far worse than even a root-only box (assuming non-privileged clients) unless the admins are really stupid. -- Adam David