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From: navarra@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (The MaD ScIeNTiSt)
Subject: Re: Permissions needed to run 'su'
Message-ID: <1991Mar26.013137.22927@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>
Organization: Northwestern University
References: <4880@lib.tmc.edu>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1991 01:31:37 GMT
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In article <4880@lib.tmc.edu> dct@mdaali.cancer.utexas.edu (David C. Tuttle) writes:
>I administer a Sun 3/110 running 4.0.3 (still... :-) and have a small 
>mystery on my hands. I think it's got a simple answer - I just don't know 
>what it is.
>
>Today, I found that I could not "su" to root from my no-special-privileges 
>account (i.e., an account not in the "wheel" group).  My administrator 
>account (in the "wheel" group) was not affected.  Now, I wonder what I (or 
>someone else?) have done to cause this.  And more generally, what does one 
>do to implement/deimplement this level of security (we have an Alliant 
>that has never allowed what the Sun allowed routinely... until now).
>
>The part of TFM where I expected to find the answer says nothing useful.  
>I'd appreciate an e-mail from someone who knows what controls this.  
>Thanks!

        Under versions of 4.2BSD or later, only users in the wheel group
 listed in /etc/groups are allowed to su to root. --
 
 check  out su2 though -- that might work from you other account.

>
>--
>David C. Tuttle                           dct@mdaali.cancer.utexas.edu
>Software Systems Specialist               Department of Biomathematics
>University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center         Houston, Texas


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