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- From: peltz@cerl.uiuc.edu (Steve Peltz)
- Subject: Re: sux, an enhancer for su
- Message-ID: <1991Apr25.174534.13912@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1991 17:45:34 GMT
-
- In article <462@frcs.UUCP> paul@frcs.UUCP (Paul Nash) writes:
- >I recently hacked up a fairly trivial enhancer for `su', that allows
- >members of group `wheel' to su at will _without_ needing the root
- >password.
-
- su on our system requires the real uid to be root to avoid being asked for
- a password, so your program won't work. However, in those cases where it
- WILL work, wouldn't the following one-line shell script do just as well?
- Maybe there's a reason; maybe the "groups" command is Sun specific or
- something...
-
- Don't forget to change it to be owned by root and setuid and executable...
-
- Sorry - not in shar format; why put in an extra 20 lines to wrap 2?
-
- #!/bin/sh
- groups | grep -s wheel && su $* || echo Sorry
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- Steve Peltz
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