SU Priviledges

[Ryan Golhar]

Why not give specific users sudo access to certain functions....I have
several users who have sudo access to add users and change passwords and
nothing else.


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[mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Michael Scully
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 4:49 PM
To: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list'
Subject: SU Priviledges


Greetings:

	I have an application where I need to prompt a user for the root
password so that they can do some administrative function (kill dead
users, other's print jobs, etc.).  I don't want to execute an 'su' since
I don't want to create a new shell - I want to continue within my
application.  I've noticed on the gnome console that when regular users
are logged in and select an administrative function that requires root
access, the session and prompt them for it and carry on.  Does anyone
know how this is done?  Is this possible from within a character shell?

Scully



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