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authorsteve <steve@FreeBSD.org>1998-05-25 03:34:52 +0000
committersteve <steve@FreeBSD.org>1998-05-25 03:34:52 +0000
commit3b0c6ff2d7cb4a890794a6e4a6f7a3656b4d9235 (patch)
tree3168f398093ead9ea6df114e6f01a432e5d1db70 /usr.bin/su/su.1
parentd0fc5c4c1bd3b08907cdc02d739d460ec2e5c415 (diff)
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Allow a user in group 0 to su(1) to root if their primary
group is 0 in /etc/passwd even if they aren't listed as a member in /etc/group. This is more inline with what the group manpage says. PR: 6696 Submitted by: Max Euston <meuston@jmrodgers.com>
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/su/su.1 b/usr.bin/su/su.1
index a2452b9..5a46469 100644
--- a/usr.bin/su/su.1
+++ b/usr.bin/su/su.1
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)su.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/18/94
-.\" $Id: su.1,v 1.3.2.5 1997/10/12 08:12:40 jmg Exp $
+.\" $Id: su.1,v 1.12 1997/10/27 22:05:05 guido Exp $
.\"
.\" this is for hilit19's braindeadness: "
.Dd April 18, 1994
@@ -152,13 +152,16 @@ option as understood by most shells. Note that
usually expects a single argument only; you have to quote it when
passing multiple words.
.Pp
-Only users listed in group 0 (normally
+Only users who are a member of group 0 (normally
.Dq wheel )
can
.Nm
to
-.Dq root ,
-unless this group is empty.
+.Dq root .
+\ If group 0 is missing or empty, any user can
+.Nm
+to
+.Dq root .
.Pp
By default (unless the prompt is reset by a startup file) the super-user
prompt is set to
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