bogomipz;214538 Wrote: 
> 
> On a side note, this proves that there's no such thing as a super
> group, only super user.
> 

group 0 used to only be magical in that you had to be in group 0
(called "wheel" at the time) in order to su to root.

Now it is pretty much meaningless on most systems.  (I don't think any
common version of su does the 'wheel' check any more.)

And that is your boring unix history lesson of the day. :)


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