Xref: utzoo comp.unix.programmer:1363 alt.sources.d:1639 Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!nic.csu.net!csun!kithrup!sef From: sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer,alt.sources.d Subject: Re: -x implementations Message-ID: <1991Mar17.233804.9640@kithrup.COM> Date: 17 Mar 91 23:38:04 GMT References: <19101@rpp386.cactus.org> Organization: Kithrup Enterprises, Ltd. Lines: 21 In article peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >Maybe, maybe not, but at least I'm paying attention. John, "auth" is a >*group*. Not a user. Anyone in group "auth" is effectively root. Sean >has admitted as much. (Incidently, I just realized how much this has strayed away from the original topic. I think I will keep using trn 8-).) Yes, Sean admitted as much. However, Sean probably should point out that, initially, only two users are in group auth: root and auth. Sean deliberately put himself in group auth when creating his account, because he doesn't like su'ing all the time. As shipped, the system is no less secure, in that respect, than any other system. (Incidently, auth is a pseudouser; one is supposed to su to that account to do work. But I figure, why bother? 8-)) -- Sean Eric Fagan | "I made the universe, but please don't blame me for it; sef@kithrup.COM | I had a bellyache at the time." -----------------+ -- The Turtle (Stephen King, _It_) Any opinions expressed are my own, and generally unpopular with others.