Re: If you used Linux before why did you switch to FreeBSD?

From: Matthias Buelow (mkb_at_incubus.de)
Date: 10/16/05 

Date: 15 Oct 2005 23:56:50 GMT

IMHO the su/wheel feature is overstressed; in practice, exploits don't
happen by guessing (or stealing) the root password, and if you have a
changing number of people with root access, you're better of by
employing sudo and not handing out the root password in the first place.

mkb.

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