On Tue, 7 Sep 2010 11:10:18 +0100 Magnus Therning <magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > Huh. I always wondered what 'wheel' meant.
