Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 02:44:39 -0400 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net> To: "Bsd Newbie" <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: really nice FreeBSD security feature.... Message-ID: <000601c138fa$e5e11f00$0e00000a@tomcat> In-Reply-To: <20010909063354.18839.qmail@web20103.mail.yahoo.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Bsd Newbie > Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 2:34 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: really nice FreeBSD security feature.... > > 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... Solaris has a similar feature that's not well documented. They have a wheel-like group that does many of the same things. As for Linux, well, ask Linus. --- Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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