From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!esquire!cmcl2!philabs!sdcsvax!greg
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Title: Re: quick su with no problems
Article-I.D.: sdcsvax.2338
Posted: Tue Sep 21 16:15:41 1982
Received: Thu Sep 30 08:37:29 1982
References: sri-unix.3381


Actually, I did that on the V6 system I used to run -- users who were listed
in the "system" group in /etc/group were not asked for passwords.  Furthermore,
since V6 didn't have the "su [name]" format, I implemented it so that
"su command args...." simply executed "command args...." as the superuser
and then returned you to your (presumabally non-privlenged) original mode.
There was also a command "makeme  [command args....]" that ran the
command with the UID/GID of ; "su" was really "makeme root".

Just adding to the controversy -- we found it very useful.

Greg Noel, NCR     ...ucbvax!sdcsvax!greg