Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 23:33:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Bsd Newbie <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: really nice FreeBSD security feature.... Message-ID: <20010909063354.18839.qmail@web20103.mail.yahoo.com>
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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? -Sameer __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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