Sorry for this probably stupid question. In VMS I can give certain
users certain priviledges. This is obviously not the philosophy of
Unix. So I thought I could overcome this by adding certain users to
system (group 0).
But this doesnt works for such a user. E.g.
#cd /usr
#id -G
15 0
#id -g
15
#newgrp system
#id -g
0
#mkdir zzzz
mkdir: cannot access directory ..
.: Permission denied
So I have to give everyone the root password to use su?
Help for my better understanding is appreciated.
Regards
Otto
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Dr. Otto Titze, Kernphysik TU, Schlossgartenstr. 9, D-64289 Darmstadt |
| titze_at_ikp.tu-darmstadt.de Tel: +49(6151)16-2916,FAX:16-4321|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Received on Tue Dec 16 1997 - 16:06:08 NZDT