Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 20:00:38 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com>, Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wheel group & mkdir Message-ID: <20110906200038.9d126df8.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <4E664F1C.5050702@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <4E6640F0.5060902@a1poweruser.com> <4E664F1C.5050702@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:49:32 +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > Either that, or teach your > user to use su(1) or sudo(1) so they can mkdir as root. (Adding users > to group wheel so they are permitted to run su(1) is a BSD-ism, and is > the usual reason for adding anyone to wheel.) Just an addition: In regards of what "sudo" does, see "super" (it's in the ports, same category as sudo). It allows a fine control over _what_ commands can be executed. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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