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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/su/su.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/su/su.1 | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/su/su.1 b/usr.bin/su/su.1 index 926303f0cb4..83fd31b2274 100644 --- a/usr.bin/su/su.1 +++ b/usr.bin/su/su.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: su.1,v 1.5 1996/10/26 03:19:30 millert Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: su.1,v 1.6 1997/09/04 08:16:22 provos Exp $ .\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. .\" All rights reserved. .\" @@ -160,7 +160,15 @@ has users listed then only those users can .Nm su to .Dq root . -Otherwise, anyone can +It is not sufficient to change a user's +.Pa /etc/passwd +entry to add them to the +.Dq wheel +group; they must explicitly be listed in +.Pa /etc/group . +If no one is in the +.Dq wheel +group, it is ignored, and anyone who knows the root password is permitted to .Nm su to .Dq root . |