Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 10:33:40 -0500 (CDT) From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, "Christopher S. Weimann" <cweimann@wallnet.com>, Olaf Hoyer <ohoyer@fbwi.fh-wilhelmshaven.de>, David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why I Don't Do Linux Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.1000815102631.49968A-100000@shell-1.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <20000815161625.B38878@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, j mckitrick wrote: :| > However, occasionally the rulers do tell someone. Under the usual :| > `su' mechanism, once someone learns the root password who sympathizes :| > with the ordinary users, he or she can tell the rest. The "wheel :| > group" feature would make this impossible, and thus cement the power of :| > the rulers. :| > :| > I'm on the side of the masses, not that of the rulers. If you are :| > used to supporting the bosses and sysadmins in whatever they do, you :| > might find this idea strange at first. :| > :| :| Or any kind of accountability... : :How does the wheel group enforce accountability? Doesn't disabling remote :root logins (thus requiring 'su) produce an audit trial, thus enforcing :accountability? : If I got root, you don't have an sulog. Funny how that works, eh? Remember that RMS is an ITS hacker. ITS had essentially no security. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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