Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 01:55:40 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Bsd Newbie <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: really nice FreeBSD security feature.... Message-ID: <20010909015540.A49564@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20010909063354.18839.qmail@web20103.mail.yahoo.com>; from bsdneophyte@yahoo.com on Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 11:33:54PM -0700 References: <20010909063354.18839.qmail@web20103.mail.yahoo.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 11:33:54PM -0700, Bsd Newbie wrote: > This isn't news to anyone. I'm pretty sure everyone knows about it. > > I want to know the history behind if it anyone cares to share. > > I've noticed, in order to use the su command you need to be part of the > wheel group. While this may seem pretty insignificant I think it's an > AWESOME feature. > > I haven't noticed this feature with Solaris or Linux... > > Is there a particular reason why FreeBSD was designed like this... and why > other's haven't followed suite? There's a big screed by RMS somewhere about how root wants to be free and how he hax0red su back in his salad days to allow anyone to su to root..I guess that's why Linnex does it. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7my6MWry0BWjoQKURAgZTAJ4k8wXfUkj9YgsjE6x1Os1moLnOvACfT+Sn 8OlbedWEwj5VKOx9GJTf9yE= =YWg+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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