25 Feb
2000
25 Feb
'00
11:35
Hi, On Thu, Feb 24, L. Sassaman wrote:
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I was wondering why the SuSE team chose to use GNU su instead of the shadow su. I find that the shadow su offers a greater level of customability, security wise. Is there a problem with it?
What can you do with the shadow su you cannot do with the GNU su ? Think about we are using PAM, so the most features are available with PAM modules and are not longer in the program itself. Thorsten -- Thorsten Kukuk http://www.suse.de/~kukuk/ kukuk@suse.de SuSE GmbH Schanzaeckerstr. 10 90443 Nuernberg Linux is like a Vorlon. It is incredibly powerful, gives terse, cryptic answers and has a lot of things going on in the background.