On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 8:22 PM, Michael C. Robinson < [email protected]> wrote:
> Standard on Linux is that root can read any file on the local file > system. Unfortunately, to get OpenDNS to update via ddclient, you > have to know the username and password of the account that needs > updating. Is it possible to connect a password to ddclient.conf > or better yet require entry of the password in the file before it > can be opened? Basically, what I am interested in is password > protecting a single file and requiring that even the super user > enter that password to access it, unless the super user wants to > delete it. This way, in a sense, there can be more than one superuser > and it becomes possible to delegate maintenance of OpenDNS for example > to someone else. > > Frankly, I think it is stupid that you can't ask the OpenDNS servers > to update an account without logging in to that account, hint hint. > OpenDNS should be asking for the host name assigned to ones dynamic ip > address instead of the current ip anyways. > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > That's the whole idea behind sudo. Drew- _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
