According to http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/msec.php, the wheel group only appears to be active in msec level 5 ("Paranoid").
On 28 Dec 2002 16:03:02 -0800, James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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? -- Sridhar Dhanapalan [Yama | http://www.pclinuxonline.com/] "Nothing would please me more than being able to hire ten programmers and deluge the hobby market with good software." -- Bill Gates, 'An Open Letter to Hobbyists', 1976-02-03
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