[Tfug] scripting

R351574NC3 tfug@tfug.org
Sun Jan 5 22:14:01 2003


Patrick,

Perhaps another thing you could do is give suid access to a certain 
group and then add whatever users you want to execute the 'dip' program 
to that group. That would be less configuring, but you would not benefit 
from sudo's logging facilities.

-Leo Przybylski
http://foopan.leosandbox.org
http://grow.arizona.edu


Patrick Fristoe wrote:

>I have finally managed to get a slirp/slip connection
>to work on the University's server, but now I'd like
>to get some advice about how to get the 'dip' program
>to log on for all users, (whether they are root or
>not). 
>
>At this point, to log on, I have to become root.  I
>want my wife to be able to log onto the net, but I
>don't really want to give her root privlages, (who
>knows the damage she could cause!).
>
>Can anyone in here help me?
>
>=====
>Patrick Fristoe
>pfristoe@yahoo.com
>Tucson, Arizona
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