Re: [gentoo-user] Allow non root users to edit files owned by root?

[Michael Mol]

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> wrote:
> On 2011-12-20 10:13 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com> wrote:
>>
>> So, incidentally, would 'sudo passwd root'...
>
>
> Ouch... any way to avoid that?
>
> I guess the best way would be to simply give them access to the commands
> they need...
>
> I'll look into that...

The best way would probably be to work with UNIX privileges or ACLs.
You've got a file you want people other than root to be able to edit.

groupadd $SPECIALGROUP
usermod -a -G $SPECIALGROUP $THEIRUSERNAME
chown :$SPECIALGROUP $FILENAME
chmod g+w $FILENAME

(You might want to chmod g-x $FILENAME, too, just for safety's sake.)

-- 
:wq