On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Chris Miller <[email protected]>wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 1:55 AM, zelda <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 6, 10:50 pm, "Chris Miller" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 5:04 AM, zelda <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > Hi, > >> > >> > I need to create a special user account for managing services like > >> > tomcat, oracle or postgres. It means to create user with the same > >> > rights like those services have. > >> > >> > I think adding user in groups tomcat, oracle and postgres won't be > >> > enough... > >> > >> > Any suggestions? > >> > >> > Thanks for reply and sorry about my english, > >> > >> Au contraire, those user groups exist so that those daemons can run > >> without root privileges (if they become compromised, then the extent > >> of the damage is limited). > >> > >> -- > >> Registered Linux Addict > >> #431495http://profile.xfire.com/mrstalinman|<http://profile.xfire.com/mrstalinman%7C>John > >> 3:16! > http://www.fsdev.net/|http://lordsauron.wordpress.com/<http://www.fsdev.net/%7Chttp://lordsauron.wordpress.com/> > >> Parents, Take Responsibility For Your Kids!http://www.whattheyplay.com/ > > > > Well, I try to reform my question. If I create a user and put him into > > groups tomcat, oracle and postgres will this user be able to manage > > these services? Completely? > > Absolutely. That user will be unable to modify that daemon's > configuration settings in /etc (which are controlled by root) but if > it is necessary you can chown the relevant files to the group to allow > editing by that group. > > -- > Registered Linux Addict #431495 > http://profile.xfire.com/mrstalinman | John 3:16! > http://www.fsdev.net/ | http://lordsauron.wordpress.com/ > Parents, Take Responsibility For Your Kids! http://www.whattheyplay.com/ > > > > Thanks a lot! I appreciate... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
