More trivia: origin of the wheel group

[Bill Moran]

Jason C. Wells wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Dec 2003, Bill Moran wrote:
> 
>>Does anyone know why the wheel group is called "wheel"?  I mean, why not
>>"admins" or something like that.  "wheel" certainly is a cryptic name for
>>the administrators group.  Anyone have any idea why it's called "wheel"?
> 
> The guy who wrote the group functionality was both a buddhist and a
> Journey fan.  He was listening to "Wheel in the Sky" while trying to
> figure out a way to give more people administrative rights without giving
> too much access.  In a fit of enlightment, he came up with a special group
> for administrators.  Since they were the ones who kept things turning, it
> only seemed appropriate that "wheel" be immortalized in the /etc/group
> file.
> 
> True story!

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