[NCLUG] su

[mbutcher at aleph-null.tv]

A wheel group should work in Linux.I have it configured on my Gentoo system.

In /etc/pam.d/su, I have a line that looks like this:

auth       required     /lib/security/pam_wheel.so use_uid

I'm pretty sure that that's what makes the magic work.

Matt


> Is there a way to control which regular accounts can su root on Linux?
> I'm looking for something comparable to wheel on other Unices, or any
> other means of allow/deny.
>
> TIA, William
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