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Re: [PATCH] Allow gid 0 in compaudit



In the last episode (Oct 04), Frank v Waveren said:
> Replying to myself (netiquette be damned :P), the fact that on a BSD
> system one is in wheel implies that the person in question has the
> root password, no? So those people should be pretty trusted anyway.

It implies that the person knows the password, yes.  But until they
actually su to root, they shouldn't get any extra permissions IMHO. 
Wheel just means "I can be root if I want", not "I am root".

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	Dan Nelson
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