You can use linux to lock out "su" access to only the wheel group.
The steps are: Change the group ownership on su to root:wheel . Next, remove execute permission from "other" on su. Michael -- Michael Viron Core System Administration Team Simple End User Linux At 04:03 PM 12/28/2002 -0800, you wrote: >I can tell you how it's used in BSD nix although I haven't seen it used >for much in Linux. In BSD only users in who's primary group is wheel >can su to root. All others are locked out. Groups also allow for >access control to files / directories etc. One just needs to edit >/etc/group to remove and or add a user to a group and give/remove >access. > >James > > >On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 13:39, Jim C wrote: >> My understanding is that there is a group called "wheel" that allows a >> user to have administrative privileges. I remember trying to get it to >> work some time ago but I've never been successful. This may have been >> because of my msec setting or something but I don't know. Can anybody >> give me tips on it's use? >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> >> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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