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Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 20:18:13 -0400
From: Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
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To: Sylvain Petreolle <spetreolle AT yahoo DOT fr>
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Subject: Re: About the 'su' command
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Sylvain Petreolle wrote:

> Do you mean here that the only user who can do 'su' at the moment is
> SYSTEM ??
> 
>>Certainly.  SYSTEM.  But I'd highly recommend using ssh instead of
>>su.  That way you don't have to create a user with privileges that
>>opens a security hole just so you can su.  Of course, you can do
>>so if you prefer.
>>


By default, yes.  It is the only user that's guaranteed to have
the appropriate privileges.  There's been discussions about this
on this list previously if you'd like to know more.


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