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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: alt.sources.d
Subject: Re: sux, an enhancer for su
Summary: sux sucks.
Message-ID: <7WYA.A2@xds13.ferranti.com>
Date: 24 Apr 91 22:56:15 GMT
References: <462@frcs.UUCP>
Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
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In article <462@frcs.UUCP> paul@frcs.UUCP (Paul Nash) writes:
> I recently hacked up a fairly trivial enhancer for `su', that allows
> members of group `wheel' to su at will _without_ needing the root
> password.

Can you say security problem? I knew you could. My boss did something
like this until I talked him out of it.

You've now opened a whole new class of paths to the keys to the kingdom.
-- 
Peter da Silva.  `-_-'  peter@ferranti.com
+1 713 274 5180.  'U`  "Have you hugged your wolf today?"