Chown and root
Waldher, Travis R
Travis.R.Waldher at boeing.com
Tue Jul 6 21:31:33 UTC 2004
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob McClure Jr [mailto:robertmcclure at earthlink.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 1:43 PM
> To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
> Subject: Re: Chown and root
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 01:23:40PM -0700, Waldher, Travis R wrote:
> > I am trying to locate the file you modify to all all users
> to use the
> > chown command. (without using SUDO or similar)
> >
> > Right now you have to be root.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Travis
>
> I believe that is not possible.
>
> Tell us what your situation and bottom line are. Perhaps
> there is another way to do what you want.
>
In a nutshell, our users are used to having chown available to them on
our HP/UX systems.
The Linux systems (Specifically Yellowdog in this case, which is based
off RedHat) don't allow this.
Now, we may or may not want to turn this on, a subject of more debate.
But, lets say we do, how do we do this?
I've found an entry CAP_CHOWN in /usr/include/linux/capability.h that
looks like I could use to enable this. I'de still want someone wiser and
more knowledgeable than myself to confirm it though.
Thanks,
Travis
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