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08-03-2011 12:18 PM
08-03-2011 12:18 PM
One of the junior admins asked earlier today about the following line:
SU_ROOT_GROUP=wheel
Apparently, the actual line in the file was:
SU_ROOT_GROUP="wheel"
I did not see anything specific in the security man page that documents whether or not a STRING vs a NUMERIC value can/cannot be enclosed w/quotes. He stated it would not do what was intended when enclosed by quotes. I haven't seen issues one way or the other. Has anyone else encountered this issue? Or can anyone say, with authority, that this should not matter?
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08-04-2011 01:50 AM
08-04-2011 01:50 AM
Re: /etc/default/security file entries
>I did not see anything specific in the security man page that documents whether or not a STRING vs a NUMERIC value can/cannot be enclosed w/quotes.
If it doesn't say it, it probably means it's not allowed. I see nothing in security(4) that allows spaces so no quotes are needed.
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08-05-2011 07:59 AM
08-05-2011 07:59 AM
SolutionI just set the following entry in /etc/default/security on an 11.23 system:
SU_ROOT_GROUP="wheel"
I then tried to su to root from a user that is part of the wheel group and got the following error:
sg1 blh home/blh $ su -
System Password:
su: Bad SU_ROOT_GROUP entry in /etc/default/security
So apparently quotes are not allowed. It worked fine without the quotes around wheel.