Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 20:20:39 -0600 From: "Charles Pelletier" <fozekizer@attbi.com> To: "Jerry McAllister" <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: setting permissions Message-ID: <007801c282df$9a963b90$32040101@hume> References: <200211030221.gA32Lnw12219@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry McAllister" <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: "Charles Pelletier" <fozekizer@attbi.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 8:21 PM Subject: Re: setting permissions > > > > i want to be able to run tail while NOT in root. is there a quick way to > > give permission to another user solely for the purpose of running tail? > > What do you want to run tail on? It doesn't require root unless > the file is read-only root. Or is this some other tail? > > ////jerry this, exactly, is what i am doing: tail -f /var/log/security and i get permission denied if i don't run it as root. Charles Pelletier Tech. Coordinator St Luke's School To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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