Re: Root/Amin Privilege

[Richard Sims]

>i want to know how to make such a script for unix. I understand its
>possible, to make a script startet by operator, and runs under root
>permissions.

Bernhard - The best way is to deploy an 'sudo' facility, which allows
           authorized people to run things as superuser.
Another method would be to use set-uid permissions on executable files;
but that is fraught with security issues, and is better avoided.

  Richard Sims, BU