Re: History ...: [RFC] disabled root account / distinct group for users with administrative privileges
On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 at 18:05:45 +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> (Let's use old "wheel" group in line with current documentations.)
That's not in line with wheel's historical use, though... historically
wheel meant "may run su(8) at all". Everyone on a GNU system has the
privileges traditionally given to the wheel group - they can su to any
other user *whose password they also know*, including root.
(The section you cited in the coreutils info page also mentions needing to
know the root password.)
The required group in this thread is "can become root by using *their own*
password, without knowing the root password" - i.e. sudo on current Debian
or admin on current Ubuntu.
S
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