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From: ignatz@chinet.chi.il.us (Dave Ihnat)
Newsgroups: alt.sources
Subject: Re: <various 'su' schemes>
Summary: How about...
Message-ID: <1991Apr29.054416.765@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 29 Apr 91 05:44:16 GMT
References: <ROSEN.91Apr26165520@tristar.samsung.com>
Sender: Dave Ihnat
Organization: Chinet - Chicago Public Access UNIX
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Aeh.  This comes up ever few years, and it's probably as religious an issue
as editors--no, most likely moreso.  In any case, my favorite hack is a
'privuser' file, where there is a list of "userid:passwd" stored, where each
'passwd' is a unique root password.  Simple, elegant, and easily revoked.  Of
course, if the individual was untrustworthy to start with, you'd have a problem;
but it's unlikely that this scenario would occur, yes?

For source, please contact me.  We'll talk.