Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!iuvax!purdue!bu-cs!rwd From: rwd@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Bob Deroy) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Reasons for restricting su privilege? Message-ID: <26409@bu-cs.BU.EDU> Date: 3 Dec 88 07:26:33 GMT References: <6606@pyr.gatech.EDU> <3948@encore.UUCP> <479@Terra.cc.brunel.ac.uk> <1371@mcgill-vision.UUCP> Reply-To: rwd@bu-it.bu.edu (Bob Deroy) Followup-To: comp.unix.wizards Organization: Boston University Lines: 26 In article <1371@mcgill-vision.UUCP> mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse) writes: >In article <479@Terra.cc.brunel.ac.uk>, linda@cc.brunel.ac.uk (Linda Birmingham) writes: >> In article <3948@encore.UUCP> bzs@xenna (Barry Shein) writes: >>> (an attribution line seems to be missing here) >>>> I'm having a problem convincing some of the people around here of >>>> the dangers of having several super users. One of our faculty >>>> members insists upon having the privilege, for whenever one of the >>>> normal super users isn't around. > >Why not grant it? Are you that certain this person is not competent to >handle the privilege? I have to agree with Barry. I don't think it is so much a matter of competence but of keeping track who's doing what. I have seen my share of "who changed $@$^% without telling anyone". Then there always "how come he has su but I can't". Just think it is easier and creates less problems with as few super users as you can get away with. UUCP: ...!harvard!bu-cs!bu-it!rwd INTERNET: rwd@bu-it.bu.edu CSNET: rwd%bu-it@bu-cs BITNET: engbd3c@buacca -- UUCP: ...!harvard!bu-cs!bu-it!rwd INTERNET: rwd@bu-it.bu.edu CSNET: rwd%bu-it@bu-cs BITNET: engbd3c@buacca