Replacement su for SCO Unix

[Steve Friedl]

Eamonn McManus posts his su replacement for SCO, and it includes:

> It replaces the complicated rules
> for who can su to whom with just two: all except superuser must supply the
> correct password to su to another user; and if a group `wheel' exists then
> you must be a member of it to su to root.  (For the wheel to be effective
> you should restrict root logins; see login(M).)

Could some kind soul please enlighten me as to the origin of the
term "wheel" in this context?  I've wondered about this for a long
time.

     Steve

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