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Date:      Tue, 15 Aug 2000 18:05:24 +0100
From:      j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
To:        Linh Pham <lplist@closedsrc.org>
Cc:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, Joe Barnhart <flaboy@gnv.fdt.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Why I Don't Do Linux
Message-ID:  <20000815180524.E40029@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008150957290.83027-100000@q.closedsrc.org>; from lplist@closedsrc.org on Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 09:58:01AM -0700
References:  <20000815095431.X4854@fw.wintelcom.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008150957290.83027-100000@q.closedsrc.org>

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On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 09:58:01AM -0700, Linh Pham wrote:
| On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Alfred Perlstein mumbled:
| 
| > ARGH! no!  The idea is that let's say I'm in wheel and my PFY is
| > also in wheel but Joe Clueless is in the next cube over from me
| > and overhears me telling the PFY to root password, Joe Clueless
| > still won't be able to su to root.
| 
| Exactly!

OK, i see, i just thought the idea of accountability was that no one could
perform root activities anonymously, if remote root logins were disallowed.

But the concept of only wheel members able to su to root i understood.

jm
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