Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 19:16:27 -0800 From: Pete Ehlke <pde@ehlke.net> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: More trivia: origin of the wheel group Message-ID: <20031221031627.GA21104@ehlke.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0312201820100.7377-100000@s1.stradamotorsports.com> References: <3FE500F4.3060108@potentialtech.com> <Pine.BSF.4.44.0312201820100.7377-100000@s1.stradamotorsports.com>
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On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 06:26:01PM -0800, Jason C. Wells wrote: > > The guy who wrote the group functionality was both a buddhist and a > Journey fan. He was listening to "Wheel in the Sky" while trying to > figure out a way to give more people administrative rights without giving > too much access. In a fit of enlightment, he came up with a special group > for administrators. Since they were the ones who kept things turning, it > only seemed appropriate that "wheel" be immortalized in the /etc/group > file. > > True story! > Uh huh. The notion of 'wheel' existed well before Journey. It was certainly there in TOPS-20: WHEEL was the group that had full system priveleges. But it was a nice try :) -Pete
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