-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On February 6, 2003 06:14 am, Brice B wrote: > The reason a user must be in the "wheel" group in order to use "su" on a > gentoo system can be found in: > /etc/pam.d/su > > There is a line stating: > auth required /lib/security/pam_wheel.so use_uid > > If you comment out that line, all users (regardless of their group) will be > able to use "su". > > There is also a line which allows users of the wheel group to "su" w/o a > password.. > > Brice > And if you post your root password and ip address to the newsgroup, then EVERYONE will be able to su....
Seriously, the way to resolve a security/access problem is not to disable security. At least, outside Redmond it isn't. Although it can be useful in troubleshooting, which may have been what you meant. - -- AJ Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] Memes are a hoax. Pass it on. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+QranSgEAcQ45BAYRAjDTAJ4utZwsC6oxPAn+0hI8P0imMvwPKQCcDDN2 tgeim4LGjaEoVL/scsZNzwY= =s4+1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
