- Mention that users need to be in the wheel group to `su - root' by default, and how to change it.

PR:		docs/70616
Submitted by:	Jilles Tjoelker <jilles at stack dot nl>
Reviewed by:	ru@
Approved by:	ceri@
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brd 2006-01-31 20:32:36 +00:00
parent 5c3c3d48b2
commit c110472f36

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@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\" @(#)su.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/18/94
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd October 3, 2004
.Dd January 27, 2006
.Dt SU 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -52,7 +52,20 @@ and switches to that user ID
(the default user is the superuser).
A shell is then executed.
.Pp
PAM is used to set all policy.
PAM is used to set the policy
.Xr su 1
will use.
In particular, by default only users in the
.Dq Li wheel
group can switch to UID 0
.Pq Dq Li root .
This group requirement may be changed by modifying the
.Dq Li pam_group
section of
.Pa /etc/pam.d/su .
See
.Xr pam_group 8
for details on how to modify this setting.
.Pp
By default, the environment is unmodified with the exception of
.Ev USER ,
@ -220,7 +233,8 @@ Simulate a login for root.
.Xr login.conf 5 ,
.Xr passwd 5 ,
.Xr environ 7 ,
.Xr pam 8
.Xr pam 8 ,
.Xr pam_group 8
.Sh HISTORY
A
.Nm