On Fri, 06 May 2011 12:18:20 +0200, Stanis?aw Findeisen <s...@eisenbits.com> wrote: >On 2011-05-06 01:53, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: >> On Fri, 06 May 2011, Stanis=C5=82aw Findeisen wrote: >>> Why is there no wheel group by default in Debian GNU/Linux? >>=20 >> Because we do not enable pam_wheel by default, so it is not needed by >> default. > >Heh, that's what this question is about. :-) > >Restricting certain privileges (like su root) to certain users only >looks more secure than letting everyone do it... Is there any particular >reason Debian GNU/Linux is so permissive by default?
I guess that it was once decided to protect root with a password. Also, there is a nosu group that can be used to prohibit the use of su. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/e1qijli-0002nh...@swivel.zugschlus.de
