On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 08:13, Allan McRae <allan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 07/09/10 16:22, David C. Rankin wrote: >> >> Guys, >> >> Got the sudo update with the new sudoers file, Noticed new %sudo group >> designation along with the traditional %wheel: >> >> ## Uncomment to allow members of group sudo to execute any command >> # %sudo ALL=(ALL) ALL >> >> >> Any reason that we would want a sudo group instead of using wheel? >> > > Upstream made the change so it is just being passed along. No idea why but > "sudo" does seem a better name for a group of sudoers than "wheel"... Even though wheel is historic[1] I agree that sudo is a better name for the group. /M [1]: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Wheel_%28Unix_term%29 -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus＠therning．org http://therning.org/magnus ; identi.ca|twitter: magthe
