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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



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