Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 10:02:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Linh Pham <lplist@closedsrc.org> To: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> Cc: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, "Christopher S. Weimann" <cweimann@wallnet.com>, Olaf Hoyer <ohoyer@fbwi.fh-wilhelmshaven.de>, David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why I Don't Do Linux Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008151000320.83027-100000@q.closedsrc.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.1000815114052.57869B-100000@shell-1.enteract.com>
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On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, David Scheidt mumbled: > I have a machine, a set of trusted users, a much larger set of regular users, > and a root password that everyone knows. In the RMS model of the world, I > have no idea who has su'd. In the BSD wheel group model, I can be > reasonably certain the set of people who have. Mind you, that's no way to > run a machine, but the principal holds true anyways. It also helps prevent Joe User from trying to hack away at the root password (that is if they don't know it). // Linh Pham // http://closedsrc.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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