andrew.umcp-cs@Udel-Relay@sri-unix (09/21/82)
From: Andrew Scott Beals <andrew.umcp-cs@Udel-Relay> Date: 16 Sep 82 7:16:01-EDT (Thu) another thing that you could do is rig su so that if certain people execute it, it doesn't bother with asking for a password. (ohboy, are people going to scream) - Andy
greg (09/21/82)
Actually, I did that on the V6 system I used to run -- users who were listed in the "system" group in /etc/group were not asked for passwords. Furthermore, since V6 didn't have the "su [name]" format, I implemented it so that "su command args...." simply executed "command args...." as the superuser and then returned you to your (presumabally non-privlenged) original mode. There was also a command "makeme <user> [command args....]" that ran the command with the UID/GID of <user>; "su" was really "makeme root". Just adding to the controversy -- we found it very useful. Greg Noel, NCR ...ucbvax!sdcsvax!greg