On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:47:21 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:
> Fully agree that's a bad idea. My system uses sudoers. I.e. in
> /etc/sudoers.d/001 I have the lines...
>
> user2 d531 = (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/ux *
> waltdnes d531 = (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/ux *
>
> ...where /usr/local/bin/ux consists of...
>
> #!/bin/busybox ash
> pumount ${1}
>
> ...and in my home directory I have ~/bin/um which consists of...
>
> #! /bin/busybox ash
> sudo /usr/local/bin/ux ${1}
>
> ...So I can, as a regular user, execute at the commandline...
>
> um sdb1
>
> ...and /media/sdb1 is unmounted. No need to log on as root or have a
> root shell.I don't understand, why are you using sudo to run pmount when its core purpose is to be run by normal users? % whatis pmount pmount (1) - mount arbitrary hotpluggable devices as normal user -- Neil Bothwick Life's a cache, and then you flush...
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