site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev@lists.apple.com On Jun 13, 2006, at 1:46 PM, Frederick C. Lee wrote: I'm curious to the purpose of 'wheel' as a group. I've been changing the group to 'admin'. Chris Woods bitspace@mac.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a... The 'wheel' group is a legacy of the BSD foundation of OS X. Traditionally any user account not in the 'wheel' group is not able to su to the root account. This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com