Thank you everyone for clarifying how sudo works and for the excellent advice on vmcp. I'll rethink my /etc/sudoers carefully. Betsie
-----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Post, Mark K Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 5:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CP commands through a Web interface That would mean that lstape (or at least the options you're giving it) doesn't require root access. Not everything in /sbin or /usr/sbin requires root access. For example, anyone can execute /sbin/ifconfig, if all they do is display information. Putting entries into /etc/sudoers doesn't grant root access unless the user prefaces the command they want to issue with sudo. There's no way every command could/would be changed to automatically check /etc/sudoers when being called. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Spann, Elizebeth (Betsie) Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 6:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CP commands through a Web interface Hmm, I don't have to do "sudo lstape" for it to work but "sudo vmcp q v da" does work. Betsie ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
