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Date:      Wed, 26 Feb 1997 05:18:41 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Adam David <adam@veda.is>
To:        burton@bsampley.vip.best.com (Burton Sampley)
Cc:        guido@gvr.win.tue.nl, chuckr@glue.umd.edu, danny@panda.hilink.com.au, ache@nagual.ru, guido@freefall.freebsd.org, CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-usrbin@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/su su.1 su.c
Message-ID:  <199702260518.FAA07685@veda.is>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970225152537.202A-100000@bsampley.vip.best.com> from Burton Sampley at "Feb 25, 97 03:33:33 pm"

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> I have to take a minute to through in my 2 cents here.  After working in 
> the EDP Audit Department for a major bank in the US, the thought of a co. 
> not knowing who has access to root privs is a little frightening.  What's 
> the co.'s reasoning for this kind of setup?  I would hope it's *NOT* a 
> mission critical, production box.

The thought of such a company not knowing who its users are is indeed
terrible, far worse than even a root-only box (assuming non-privileged
clients) unless the admins are really stupid.

--
Adam David <adam@veda.is>



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