Hi Bret,
Where can I find info on sudo and howto set it up?
Matt
>Matthew Simpson wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Would anyone have an setuid script that could do something similar as
>> the following
>>
>> The script needs to beable to do for example:
>>
>> o only allow changes to files under /www
>> o do a "chgrp multimedia", and "chmod g+w"
>> o optionally do recursive changes for directories
>> o warn if the file/directory has write permissions for 'www' and those
>> write permissions are taken away by the 'chgrp/chmod'.
>> o log the changes: timestamp, userid, filename and previous permissions
>> o _not_ allow chgrp/chmod for files that are sym-linked into the /www
>> directory, or that are inside a directory that's sym-linked into the
>> /www directory. This is to prevent somone creating a sym-link to,
>> say, /etc/shadow and using the script to get read permissions.
>>
>> This script is so that staff members don't have to have su access to
>> be able changed permission on there files created by a root process.
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>> Please also cc replies to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>> Matt
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>Matt, I don't belive that scripts can be setuid. Look into sudo eith have
>your users that you have setup in the sudoers file run sudo "command" or
>write a wrapper that does the sudo call for them. They will be prompted for
>their own password.
>
>And then there is cron to periodically run as root and make the changes you
>want.
>
>Bret
>
>
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