Re: /etc/login.access bug?

In reply to: Jeremy Self : "/etc/login.access bug?"
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From: grarpamp <grarpamp_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2022 18:25:48 UTC

> the default /etc/login.access file:
> -:ALL EXCEPT wheel:ALL
> -:ALL:ALL

This doesn't + anyone, it just - some NOT's, and then - all.
You need to + someone before you - all.

> If I modified the file to instead have these lines, it works:
> +:wheel:ALL
> -:ALL EXCEPT wheel:ALL
> -:ALL:ALL

The third line is pretty, but actually does nothing
due to combined logic of the first two. The cleaner
practice is to remove the second line.