I can tell you how it's used in BSD nix although I haven't seen it used for much in Linux. In BSD only users in who's primary group is wheel can su to root. All others are locked out. Groups also allow for access control to files / directories etc. One just needs to edit /etc/group to remove and or add a user to a group and give/remove access.
James On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 13:39, Jim C wrote: > My understanding is that there is a group called "wheel" that allows a > user to have administrative privileges. I remember trying to get it to > work some time ago but I've never been successful. This may have been > because of my msec setting or something but I don't know. Can anybody > give me tips on it's use? > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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