----- Original Message -----
From: "Rafael R. Sevilla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: [plug] Superuser and Sudo
> On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 08:27:57PM +0800, Federico Sevilla III wrote:
> > I don't think you can restrict access to su, since if the person knows
the
> > target user's password he can use su. Or if he's root without having to
> > know the password.
> >
>
> This is not entirely true. Try to install the BSD version of 'su',
> not the GNU version which most distros install by default. The BSD
> version has the notion of a 'wheel' group; only people who are members
> of the 'wheel' group can use the 'su' command.
you can do this on linux (which has PAM).. only users who are members of the
'wheel' group can su to root..
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