Re: Wheel behavior

[Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-netbsd%yahoo.com@localhost>]

On 24 August 2015 at 12:48, Gerard Lally <lists+netbsd.users%netmail.ie@localhost> wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Aug 2015 08:04:40 +0000
> "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6724%bellsouth.net@localhost> wrote:
>
>> > On 23 August 2015 at 03:39, Pongthep Kulkrisada <ptkrisada%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>> > > * Ottavio Caruso (ottavio2006-netbsd%yahoo.com@localhost) wrote:
>> > >> But Slackware doesn't have the concept of the wheel group (as long as
>> > >> I remember) and I myself don't like it very much.
>> > > Slackware has this concept.
>> > > http://alien.slackbook.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=linux:admin
>>
>> > Yes, it might be in the wiki, but I remember correctly it's not implemented.
>>
>> I am a former user of Slackware, through 13.0, and can say there was no wheel group.
>
> # cat /etc/slackware-version
> Slackware 14.1
>
> # grep wheel /etc/group
> wheel:x:10:root

The bottom line is (or should be IMHO): if you use "su" then implement
the "wheel" group. If you use "sudo", don't implement it.

I prefer "sudo" over "su", but I got into problems last year when
building programs with pkgsrc. I can't remember what problem it was,
but it must have been with unrecognised variables.