Re: Hurray

[daemons <daemons@cfl.rr.com>]

Derek,

getgrouplist(3) 

".. function reads through the group file and calculates the group access
list..."

files
/etc/group

check out id(1) source 


==
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:

> 
> 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?  
> > 
> 
>