Re: sudoers file change - not much on dev list - reason for changes?

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On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Mauro Santos <registo.mailling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 09/07/2010 11:52 AM, Ty John wrote:
>
>> Huh. I always wondered what 'wheel' meant.
>
> I always though that it had to do with being at the wheel, as in command
> or in control of things.
>
> --
> Mauro Santos
>

Exactly, even I thought the same.
Actually, if you've ever used FreeBSD, some root permissions are given
to the wheel group.

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