Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 09:25:03 +0200 From: "P. van Leeuwen" <pvl@nanoteq.com> To: Iain Templeton <iaint@CU-SeeMe.educ.utas.edu.au> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Root logins... Message-ID: <199705150725.JAA08457@pc-pvl.nanoteq.co.za> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 15 May 1997 11:00:13 %2B1000." <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970515105744.12689B-100000@CU-SeeMe.educ.utas.edu.au>
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> On Tue, 13 May 1997, Joachim Kuebart wrote: > > > In order to do "su" put your group into /etc/group behind > > wheel:*:0:root,yourgroup > > > I always thought that is was the username that you put there, since you > are making the user a member of the group wheel, and allowing the user > access. (This is what su(1) man page seems to say anyway) You're right. You do put the username in there. Mine looks like this: wheel:*:0:root,pvl > > I suppose if you have the user and group names the same it might get a bit > confusing. > > Iain. > -- Pierre-Andre van Leeuwen Electronic Engineer Powered By FreeBSD ******************************** * Nanoteq (Pty) Ltd. * * Specialists in data security * * E-mail : pvl@nanoteq.com * * Ph : +27 (0)12 665-1338 * * http://www.nanoteq.co.za * ********************************
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