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Re: Re: [RFC] disabled root account / distinct group for users with administrative privileges



Le mardi 19 octobre 2010 à 09:49 +0200, Fabian Greffrath a écrit :
> Since this group would be Debian-specific, how about "Debian-admin" or 
> "Debian-sudo" (as in "Debian-gdm" or "Debian-exim")?

The Debian-exim and Debian-gdm names are system users that are meant to
never conflict with existing, non-system users, hence the choice of
nonstandard names. OTOH the sudo group is meant to be handled by e.g. a
LDAP directory, so you have to use a standard name.

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