About the 'su' command

[Larry Hall]

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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