On 09/07/2010 05:10 AM, Magnus Therning 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
Thanks guys,
I guess I'll transition to sudo from wheel or just implement the sudo group in
addition to wheel so I can use it in the future changing a decade+ of mental
inertia that says wheel. It is funny how we really are creatures of habit :p
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