>>>>> "JK" == John Kelly <john at frontend.ie> writes:
JK> : 2) I only want to allow su from a defined set of users (wheel?).
JK> (making sure there exists a 'wheel' group)
JK> chgrp wheel /bin/su
JK> chmod 4750 /bin/su
sudo provides much finer-grained control over root access than su
does. It also has the advantage that you don't need to distribute
your root password.
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