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On March 17, 2012 at 9:11 AM pk <peterk2@××××××××.se> wrote: |
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> That's what gives you permission to use 'su' as a member of the 'wheel' |
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> group ('su' is controlled by 'pam'). |
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> Best regards |
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> Peter K |
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Am I eternally confused? |
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su - change user ID or become superuser |
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It's not _only_ to become root (maybe theoretically if you only have one |
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normal user). On a true multiuser system you can su (switch user) to any |
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user. |
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Since _every_ computer I own or have _ever_ built has -pam globally, pam is |
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not a requirement to use su ... is it? |
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mingdao@t420 ~ $ grep pam /etc/make.conf |
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truetype udev unicode unicode3 vaapi vim-syntax x264 -consolekit -pam" |
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mingdao@t420 ~ $ id |
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uid=1000(mingdao) gid=1000(mingdao) |
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groups=1000(mingdao),7(lp),10(wheel),16(cron),18(audio),19(cdrom),27(video),80(cdrw),85(usb),100(users),250(portage) |
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