Re: debian: user-request-daemon (it could solve some problems)

2007-02-26 Thread The Fungi
On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 08:10:34AM +, Anton Piatek wrote: I have a feeling you have reinvented the wheel. Sudo can be used without a password and can be set on a per-user, per-application basis i.e. give user X permission to run Y with/without a password. Even more flexible, sudo can be

Re: REALLY OT: News Flash

2007-02-26 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 04:50:16PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 01:37:29PM -0800, Tyler MacDonald wrote: Are you suggesting that instead of creating a debian off topic mailing list, we should create a debian-help list instead, specifically mandated on the

Re: We need an off-topic list (was Re: REALLY OT: News Flash)

2007-02-26 Thread Paul Johnson
Tyler MacDonald wrote: However, this proves the value of having a designated OT list signficantly guys: Here is someone subscribed to the very mailing list that supposed to help him learn more about debian, who is currently powerless to avoid the OT spam that's coming along with it (and

Re: debian: user-request-daemon (it could solve some problems)

2007-02-26 Thread Curt Manucredo
On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:29:59 + The Fungi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 08:10:34AM +, Anton Piatek wrote: I have a feeling you have reinvented the wheel. Sudo can be used without a password and can be set on a per-user, per-application basis i.e. give user X

Re: debian: user-request-daemon (it could solve some problems)

2007-02-26 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 2/27/07, Curt Manucredo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i could never imagine that it is possible to call a command and then have root rights for it, without authentificating on the system with a password. so i thought a daemon running as root might solve that problem (which i thought it does exist)