My memories of Debiandora are fading slightly, but, ... 2015/06/15 8:53 "Rick Hanson" <r...@tamos.net>: > > From the linux su man page: > > > This version of su uses PAM for authentication, account and session > > management. Some configuration options found in other su > > implementations, such as support for a wheel group, have to be > > configured via PAM. > > So, you see, the jack-booted thug "rulers" have already "cement[ed] > the[ir] power" in GNU/Linux. O Freedom! We knew ye not as our > fathers did, who roamed without fetters on the Twenex fields of yore! > ;) > > On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 6:14 PM, andrew fabbro <and...@fabbro.org> wrote: > > > > Yes, it was on the su(1) man page...it's still in their docs: > > > > http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/su-invocation.html#index-fascism-2365 > > > > So welcome to the oppressive, totalitarian regime of *BSD. If you've got > > root, be sure to claim your free pair of hobnailed boots to place on the > > necks of your users. CEMENT THE POWER!
... I think the numeric id for wheel group in Linux is not 0. Which is relevant to the OP's misplaced concerns. (Not to mention the topic of power grabs.)
