I was curious about this as well. I tested it by: 1. Opening a new shell and "su -" to root 2. Use a group that root isn't a member of and do "newgrp <GROUP>" 3. Type "id" and see that root is using that group for his gid.
Since root is "root" he won't get a prompt from assuming any identity even if it's that of a group where he has no membership. -Steve -----Original Message----- From: Nathan ViswaNathan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 11:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Where can I get info on groups like sys, adm? i.e what these groups can do? It'll be interesting to see if someone really knows but I always assumed that part of what made root root was the inclusion in all these groups. I know that uid 0 has additional power in many programs but I thought that the ability to write to certain devices without prompting came from the group memberships. Bret -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
