On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Jean-Michel Dault wrote: > > >>->Mandrake Control Center, type their root password > > >>->Webmin (for Samba), type their root password > > Or change the perms on /etc/samba/smb.conf to give a certain group write > > access ... > > That's an excellent suggestion. Is it in a howto somewhere?
Sorry, no time for that yet, too busy trying to convince others that Mandrake is an enterprise-class samba server (winbind integration, LDAP-enabled samba-2.2.x RPMS, LDAP-Domain-controller HOWTO in the works - done by another user with some guidance from me ...). > > This applies whether the person is logging into a dm or the console or > > running su. And it needs to be addressed, similar to the rights > > Of course, but in 99% of the Windows shops I have visited, the machines > are in a locked room, and logged as Administrator, so you only need the > key to the server room to manage the machines. What do yuo need to go into the server room for??? Also, in most Windows shops, the user on the machine has local admin ... gotta love that!!! We have *some* users who have local admin, but it's not the rule. > In places where they > don't do that, or have unix machines, the root password is written on a > post-it note on the screen ;-) Only passwords on post-its I have seen are in my wallet, for machines no-one else knows about, with nothing on the paper identifying it ... > > > management Windows has. Maybe just a gui for sudo. sudo urpmi would > > solve this if there were a gui. And it should have integation with some > > network information system like LDAP. > > Yes, sudo is definitely better, because you enter *your* password (which > you have to remember anyway), and not the root password, and it doesn't > ask for it all the time. > > Draksudo would be a nice addition =) > So how's your perl-GTK2 ? ;-) (sorry, running joke with another admin here, I keep asking him how his perl is, since he has some scripts to fix ...) Regards, Buchan -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
