Re: More on shadow passwords

[marekm@i17linuxb.ists.pwr.wroc.pl (Marek Michalkiewicz)]

Tom Lees:
> I just had another thought. This will probably be needed for the base
> system in Debian 1.3 - we need to make sure that the primary user
> generated at installation is in the group 'root', so that he/she can use
> the shadow 'su' immediately.

I think the default should be changed to allow su for everyone.
The new /etc/suauth configuration file can do much more than the
traditional "wheel group" feature, and should be used instead.
The sysadmin can simply edit /etc/suauth after installation.

Marek


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