On Sun, Dec 09, 2012 at 03:07:18PM +1030, David Walker wrote: > Hey. > > I noticed adding a user to wheel doesn't provide su capability > automatically. This is described in su(1). > I though it might be useful to mention it in group(5) also. > > --- group.5 Sun Dec 9 14:14:58 2012 > +++ group_change.5 Sun Dec 9 15:07:29 2012 > @@ -81,7 +81,13 @@ > .Xr passwd 5 > entry and does not need to be added to that group in the > .Nm > -file. > +file. Members of the > +.Dq wheel > +group, who wish to run commands as > +.Dq root , > +using > +.Xr su 1 , > +must be explicitly listed. > .\" .Pp > .\" When the system reads the file > .\" .Pa /etc/group
It would probably make more sense to change su(1) that 'wheel' is secondary group in this context. jirib
