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On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 01:45:23 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote: |
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> > What happens when there is that one thing they need to do that needs |
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> > root privileges? Do you give them the root password and let them do |
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> > what they want, or do you make that one operation available to them? |
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> SETUID bit like /bin/ping or sudo itself? That being said, I'd also use |
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> sudo unless the usage is so frequent that the constant password typing |
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> becomes a pain. |
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SETUID enables it for everyone, not just the user in question. |
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You can set sudo to allow specified commands to be executed without a |
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password. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler. |
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