> On 9/7/2010 1:22 AM, David C. Rankin wrote: >> Guys, >> >> Got the sudo update with the new sudoers file, Noticed new %sudo group >> designation along with the traditional %wheel: >> >> ## Uncomment to allow members of group sudo to execute any command >> # %sudo ALL=(ALL) ALL >> >> >> Any reason that we would want a sudo group instead of using wheel? >> > > The change happened here: > > http://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/diff/387719e52d0f/plugins/sudoers/sudoers > > Relevant part of the log: "and a %sudo line for debian." > > It seems "we" don't want or use a sudo group. >
I find it interesting that upstream made a change/addition just to accommodate for one distribution. Usually it's the distro that patches things for their own benefit.
