Alternative to GNU's 'su' ?

From: Baard Ove Kopperud (baard.kopperud_at_bigfoot.com)
Date: 12/28/03

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    Are there any alternatives (for Linux) to GNU's 'su' command... one
    that (may) honour the "weel" group and so for?

    Version 7.X of RedHat had a 'su' that could be configured with
    a file in /etc to *only* allow members of "wheel" to become
    root -- as well as list users allowed to become other users
    (including root) without being prompted for password --
    or by using their own "normal" password. Problem is, I
    don't know if this was an *alternative* 'su' or just a
    (very heavely) patched version of 'GNU's su'.

    I love Richard Stallman -- I even agree with much of
    his political views regarding software -- but I'd
    *still* like to have the *option* of using the "wheel"
    group as intended... in any case, I very much liked
    the sudo-like configuration.

    If anybody knows where I can download the source of
    the 'su' used by RedHat -- or a smiliar (better?) one
    -- it would be appriciated. I'd prefer the 'su'
    command alone, but packed together with other
    basic-commands is also good.

    -Koppe

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