Don't think I've seen sudo mentioned yet, so I'll throw that in as a
possibility. Let's anyone do whatever they are listed in the sudoers
file as having permission to do.
Here's an extract from my sudoers file:
# User specification
root ALL=ALL
mike ALL=/sbin/shutdown
root does whatever he wants, mike can do shutdown - and only shutdown -
as the superuser. Here's the catch - mike can only do that by using
*mike's* password. When shutdown asks for the password, the password
for the user performing the shutdown must be entered.
The sudoers file has to be edited with the visudo command - won't allow
editing with a regular editor. Also, man sudo to see how this file
works (i.e. what each bit means).
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Mike Werner KA8YSD | "Where do you want to go today?"
ICQ# 12934898 | "As far from Redmond as possible!"
'91 GS500E |
Morgantown WV |
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