From owner-freebsd-current Mon Nov 27 15:58:11 1995 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id PAA11867 for current-outgoing; Mon, 27 Nov 1995 15:58:11 -0800 Received: from apollo.COSC.GOV (root@apollo.COSC.GOV [198.94.103.34]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id PAA11862 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 1995 15:58:07 -0800 Received: (from vince@localhost) by apollo.COSC.GOV (8.6.12/8.6.9) id PAA24649; Mon, 27 Nov 1995 15:55:38 -0800 Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 15:55:38 -0800 (PST) From: -Vince- To: "Marc G. Fournier" cc: Joerg Wunsch , FreeBSD-current users Subject: Re: schg flag on make world in -CURRENT In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 27 Nov 1995, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > On Mon, 27 Nov 1995, -Vince- wrote: > > > On Mon, 27 Nov 1995, J Wunsch wrote: > > > > > As -Vince- wrote: > > > > > > > > Is there anyway to remotely login to a FreeBSD box and 'su' to root > > > > to do a make world without having to do noflags schg on all the files > > > > with that flag on it generated by the last make world in -CURRENT? Thanks! > > > > > > Why don't you just use "rlogin" and "su"? > > > > Does rlogin and su make any difference? I'm using ppp from Win95 > > and I don't have a rlogin program, only telnet... > > > As long as you are a member of group wheel (/etc/group), you can > su to root no matter what way you login to the machine. But you have to > be a member of wheel, and you have to use su. > > Even on the console, you can set it up so that you can only su > to root...and have it so that if someone tries to reboot into single user > mode, it will force them to enter root's passwd, increasing system > security even further I know and I am in the group wheel, what I meant was like how to bypass the schg flags when doing a make world since the only way is to boot single user at the console and I am logging in from somewhere else usually. Cheers, -Vince- vince@COSC.GOV - GUS Mailing Lists Admin - http://www.COSC.GOV/~vince UC Berkeley AstroPhysics - Electrical Engineering (Honorary B.S.) Chabot Observatory & Science Center - Board of Advisors Running FreeBSD - Real UN*X for Free! Linda Wong/Vivian Chow/Hacken Lee/Danny Chan/Priscilla Chan Fan Club Mailing Lists Admin