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wOmbad posted <433AD41E.2070209@×××.net>, excerpted below, on Wed, 28 Sep |
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2005 19:34:22 +0200: |
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> Does anybody know how to realize the same task as the script - but from |
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> a root console? |
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While Ciaran's correct, this should have been posted to user, here's one |
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answer: emerge sudo (if necessary), and run sudo -u <username> script. |
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You may also want to look into configuring sudo so certain users may use |
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it to run certain commands as root (or other users), with or without |
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supplying their user password (NOT the root user password, which may not |
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be the best idea to give to users needing to run only one or two commands |
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as root). Groking all the config options can be a bit complex (nothing a |
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C programmer shouldn't easily master), but sudo can be tremendously |
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useful, once it's setup correctly, helping one avoid the fat-finger danger |
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(as well as the security danger) of logging in as root unnecessarily. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman in |
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http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html |
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