"Felix C. Stegerman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Historically in UNIX the group wheel has GID 0, in Debian that's the
>> root group.
>
> Do you know where the name `wheel' comes from?
Wikipedia is your friend:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_war
The reason GNU doesn't support wheel group:
On 6/15/06, Joseph Smidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
When I installed Debian I selected to not allow root login thinking that
would enable sudo and disable root. But when I logged into gnome it
kept asking for the root password to do admin things, so I set a root
password and it works.
How did
* Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-17 11:38]:
> > > Historically in UNIX the group wheel has GID 0, in Debian that's
> > > the root group.
> >
> > Do you know where the name `wheel' comes from?
>
> No I don't. I couldn't find anything on Google either (10 minute
> search only). One int
On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 09:45:52 +0200, Felix C. Stegerman wrote:
>* Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-17 01:24]:
>> On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 21:50:39 +0200, Felix C. Stegerman wrote:
>> [..]
>> >> %admin ALL=(ALL) ALL
>> >>
>> >> should do ... as they have in ubuntu
>> >
>> >What about
* Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-17 01:24]:
> On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 21:50:39 +0200, Felix C. Stegerman wrote:
> [..]
> >> %admin ALL=(ALL) ALL
> >>
> >> should do ... as they have in ubuntu
> >
> >What about group `wheel' ?
>
> Historically in UNIX the group wheel has GID 0, in De
On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 21:50:39 +0200, Felix C. Stegerman wrote:
[..]
>> %admin ALL=(ALL) ALL
>>
>> should do ... as they have in ubuntu
>
>What about group `wheel' ?
Historically in UNIX the group wheel has GID 0, in Debian that's the
root group.
>vipw. Interesting.
You also have vipgr, visu
* Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-16 14:56]:
> On 16/06/06, Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 15:41:11 +0800, Richard wrote:
> > > On 15/06/06, Joseph Smidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > When I installed Debian I selected to not allow root login
> > >
On 16/06/06, Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 15:41:11 +0800, Richard wrote:
>On 15/06/06, Joseph Smidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>When I installed Debian I selected to not allow root login thinking that
>>would enable sudo and disable root. But when I logged
On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 15:41:11 +0800, Richard wrote:
>On 15/06/06, Joseph Smidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>When I installed Debian I selected to not allow root login thinking that
>>would enable sudo and disable root. But when I logged into gnome it
>>kept asking for the root password to do ad
On 15/06/06, Joseph Smidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
When I installed Debian I selected to not allow root login thinking that
would enable sudo and disable root. But when I logged into gnome it
kept asking for the root password to do admin things, so I set a root
password and it works.
Howeve
On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 09:43:43 -0600, Joseph Smidt wrote:
>When I installed Debian I selected to not allow root login thinking
>that would enable sudo and disable root. But when I logged into gnome
>it kept asking for the root password to do admin things, so I set a
>root password and it works.
When I installed Debian I selected to not allow root login thinking that
would enable sudo and disable root. But when I logged into gnome it
kept asking for the root password to do admin things, so I set a root
password and it works.
However, I would like to disable root and have it so my sudo
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