Sudo is nothing that exiting. It's been around for a long time if I am thinking of the right program. I use to use it on a old box that I ran with a friend. I think it's purpose is, that you can give people rights to programs that root runs, without giving them the root password. I could be totally wrong too, so if I am, please correct me. -tyler ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bucky Goldstein" To: Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2000 5:28 AM Subject: Re: can't su as user > Jason, > > Well finally the development group let me in on their secret (not a real > friendly bunch). > > Instead of su they have implemented something called sudo, I've never > heard of it before. > > It's kewl. > > Happy T-day, > > Bucky > > PS Let's see if this post takes less than 24 hours to appear on the list > since I edited my .netscape files > > Jason wrote: > > > > Bucky Goldstein wrote: > [snip] > > > > > > Does anybody know how I can get su to work? > > > > What su are you using??? > > > > -- > > > > Why GNU su does not support the wheel group (by Richard Stallman) > > Sometimes a few of the users try to hold total power over all the > > rest. For example, in 1984, a few users at the MIT AI lab decided to > > seize power by changing the operator password on the Twenex > > system and keeping it secret from everyone else. (I was able to > > thwart this coup and give power back to the users by patching the > > kernel, but I wouldn't know how to do that in Unix.) > > > > However, occasionally the rulers do tell someone. Under the usual su > > mechanism, once someone learns the root password who sympathizes with > > the ordinary users, he can tell the rest. The "wheel group" feature > > would make this impossible, and thus cement the power of the rulers. > > I'm on the side of the masses, not that of the rulers. If you > > are used to supporting the bosses and sysadmins in whatever they do, > > you might find this idea strange at first. > -- > Imagine a world without hypothetical situations. > GnomeICQ 53763745 > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >