Re: [arch-general] sudoers file change - not much on dev list - reason for changes?

On 9/7/2010 1:22 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:

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Guys,

Got the sudo update with the new sudoers file, Noticed new %sudo group designation along with the traditional %wheel:

## Uncomment to allow members of group sudo to execute any command # %sudo ALL=(ALL) ALL

Any reason that we would want a sudo group instead of using wheel?

The change happened here:

http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/diff/387719e52d0f/plugins/sudoers/sudoers

Relevant part of the log: "and a %sudo line for debian."

It seems "we" don't want or use a sudo group.

I find it interesting that upstream made a change/addition just to accommodate for one distribution. Usually it's the distro that patches things for their own benefit.