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

David C. Rankin drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com
Tue Sep 7 15:19:16 EDT 2010


On 09/07/2010 05:10 AM, Magnus Therning wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 08:13, Allan McRae<allan at archlinux.org>  wrote:
>> On 07/09/10 16:22, David C. Rankin wrote:
>>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>
>> Upstream made the change so it is just being passed along.  No idea why but
>> "sudo" does seem a better name for a group of sudoers than "wheel"...
>
> Even though wheel is historic[1] I agree that sudo is a better name
> for the group.
>
> /M
>
> [1]: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Wheel_%28Unix_term%29
>

Thanks guys,

	I guess I'll transition to sudo from wheel or just implement the sudo group in 
addition to wheel so I can use it in the future changing a decade+ of mental 
inertia that says wheel. It is funny how we really are creatures of habit :p


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