>That doesn't really help - but other unices have a 'wheel' but Linux >doesn't really have it per se. It can no doubt be added, or even faked, >if need be.
Actually, linux does have a wheel group, as shown below. mviron@server ~ $ more /etc/group | grep wheel wheel:x:10:root mviron@server ~ $ If you need something owned by root to be accessible to the wheel group, you'd change the settings from root:root to root:wheel. Michael -- Michael Viron Project Manager / Primary Developer / Manager of Online Operations General Education Online
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