Jerry McAllister wrote:
On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 03:39:19PM -0400, Robert Huff wrote:
James writes:
Add yourself to wheel (which is the root group on FreeBSD, a name
I believe it inherited from earlier BSDs, but I've no idea what
the justification for choosing 'wheel' is; any BSD historians
here - you'd be welcome to let us know!)
Not sure, but I believe "wheel" predates UNIX. I have
certainly seen the idea on OSes that do.
Wheel is 'big wheel' as in the hot shot who has the run of things
and bosses folks around - or thinks he can.
////jerry
Robert Huff
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Aloha!
I always thought of the root as the hub of a wheel and the qualified
users of the hub would be joined to the hub of the wheel by spokes from
out on the rim. Maybe this is where it came from.
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