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Re: [Full-disclosure] Remove all admin->root authorization prompts from

from [Andrew Farmer] Network Security [Permanent Link]
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Remove all admin->root authorization prompts from OSX
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:09:04 -0800 
On 24 Jan 07, at 17:20, K F (lists) wrote:

http://www.petitiononline.com/31337OSX/petition.html


The petition reads, in part:

In efforts to minimize the apparently unnecessary dialog boxes that  
ask for permission to go from gid=admin to uid=root we are hereby  
petitioning Apple to remove any further use of dialog boxes when  
making the transition from gid=0 to uid=0. Since the admin group is  
ALREADY root why can't you just stop asking us for authorization?


Do your research next time. gid=admin isn't root:

powerbook% id
uid=1000(me) gid=1000(me) groups=1000(me), 81(appserveradm), 79 
(appserverusr), 80(admin)


... it's just an ordinary group with sudo, write privileges to some  
special folders, and some extra SecurityAgent magic in /etc/ 
authorization.

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