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[Mike Burger]

>
>> Hi Mike
>>
>> Thank you for your reply.
>>
>> I will try to teach to my customer to use the command line; however, as
>> he has never worked with Linux (he has got Windows XP and I am trying to
>> push him, along with other customers, to switch to Linux), I am not so
>> sure he can do that.
>>
>> Do you know how this can be done working in a graphical environment such
>> as Gnome?
>>
>>
>> Mike Burger ha scritto:
>>> You could give him access via sudo.
>>>
>>> username     ALL=(ALL)     NOPASSWD:/bin/rpm
>>> username     ALL=(ALL)     NOPASSWD:/usr/bin/yum
>>>
>>> Then, all he has to do is issue:
>>>
>>> sudo /bin/rpm -ivh package-he-wants.to.install.rpm
>>>
>>> sudo /usr/bin/yum update
>>>
>>> sudo /usr/bin/yum package-he-wants.to.install
>>>
>>>> Hi everybody
>>>>
>>>> I have a PC running Fedora 9 that I have to lend to a customer for a
>>>> limited period.
>>>>
>>>> I would like him to be able to install updates and to install and
>>>> remove
>>>> programs without giving him the root password.
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible, and if it is what do I have to do?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance for your replies.
>
> I seem to recall a past thread, on this list, regarding gnome-sudo or some
> such.  You might want to try searching the archives, or the web, for it.

I just had a thought, too...at least for updates, why not give them an
"icon" which calls "sudo yum update"?

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