Re: ... and on the third day he rebooted into Linux-1.3.84 ...

David S. Miller (davem@caip.rutgers.edu)
Tue, 9 Apr 1996 16:37:35 -0400


Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 01:28:44 -0501
From: Shawn McHorse <riffraff@texas.net>

>Now *that's* funny. (Assuming the note "Why GNU su does not
>support the wheel group" in the man page for su(1) isn't a
>joke. Doesn't look like a joke.)

Especially considering that all the files in /pub/gnu at
prep.ai.mit.edu are owned by the wheel group. Hmmm...:-)

Read the talk given by RMS on my homepage and search for the part
where he talks about a machine called "OZ" at MIT and a concept called
"wheel bits" and what they did to the AI lab. Then you'll understand
the signifigance.

http://www-caip.rutgers.edu/~davem

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@caip.rutgers.edu