setup '-e su "command"' ? and OT misc

Stephane Paltani spaltani at head-cfa.harvard.edu
Wed Mar 20 21:36:22 CET 2002


Hi,

> 1> Can a passwd  be incorporated into the script so
> it automatically goes into "superuser-root" mode.
> (of course this is a trusted system) !!
> 
> 2> Can the executable be incorporated as well so that....
> "click icon with -e su and get program-running" ?
> 

Use "sudo". It is done exactly for that (i.e.,
give some root privileges to some users without requiring them
to actually become root, and without requesting the password).

http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/

Stephane



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