Re: Permissions for new users: msg#00139

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Re: Permissions for new users: msg#00139

Subject:	Re: Permissions for new users

On Thursday 10 February 2005 11:13, Richard Jensen <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:
> Hi. I'm wondering about the permissions new users get
> when they are created. Before SELinux I had to add users
> to 'wheel' to enable them to su to root.

You can enable that feature by editing /etc/pam.d/su .

> I did an adduser and it seems to be unrestricted:
>
> [testse@lankhmar ~]$ id -Z
> user_u:system_r:unconfined_t

Fedora Core 3 and RHEL4 install the "targeted" policy by default which does 
not restrict user logins.  You have to install the "strict" policy to 
restrict user logins.

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