Re: Hurray

[Derek Quinn Wyatt <quinn@physics.utoronto.ca>]

I'm aware of this... you missed my question.  If my passwd entry is

guy:x:100:0:blah blah...

I can't su to root, yet i am in the wheel group.  It is not until i add
myself a second time to wheel in /etc/group that i can su to root.

This is something i don't understand.  I assume that su only looks at the
group file (via system call) instead of passwd (via system call).  If i
looked at the source (which isn't available to me at the moment) i would
probably find out.  I just don't understand the rationale behind it,
that's all.

Cheers,
D

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On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, daemons wrote:

> Derek,
> 
> It is so because of that whole ``security'' thing.  Why on earth do you
> want lusers su'n to root?  Not a bug, a feature.
> 
> cya
> 
> ==
> daemons@cfl.rr.com	    OpenBSD <www.openbsd.org> : sleep well.
> "They that can give up liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
>  deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790
> 
> On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Derek Quinn Wyatt wrote:
> > any reason as to why this is so.  Would this constitute a bug?  
>