Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!ukc!tcdcs!dce.ie!ch From: ch@dce.ie (Charles Bryant) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,alt.computers.folklore Subject: Re: Replacement su for SCO Unix Keywords: SCO, su, wheel Message-ID: <1990Oct4.093335.18673@dce.ie> Date: 4 Oct 90 09:33:35 GMT References: <1990Sep20.163355.7147@robobar.co.uk> <1990Sep21.143435.9810@dce.ie> <534@mtndew.Tustin.CA.US> Organization: Datacode Communications Ltd, Dublin, Ireland Lines: 20 In article <534@mtndew.Tustin.CA.US> friedl@mtndew.Tustin.CA.US (Steve Friedl) writes: >Eamonn McManus posts his su replacement for SCO, and it includes: > >> and if a group `wheel' exists then >> you must be a member of it to su to root. (For the wheel to be effective >> you should restrict root logins; see login(M).) > >Could some kind soul please enlighten me as to the origin of the >term "wheel" in this context? I've wondered about this for a long >time. > > Steve My best guess is that it comes from "big wheel" meaning an important person. Maybe someone out there can confirm this or tell us where it really comes from? -- Charles Bryant (ch@dce.ie) -- /usr/ch/.signature: Block device required