Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 20:25:32 -0500 (EST) From: Jason Andresen <jandrese@vt.edu> To: "K. Marsh" <durang@u.washington.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.com Subject: Re: chmod, chown, and shutdown. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970320202518.22789A-100000@jandrese.async.vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.A32.3.95.970320160858.52298D-100000@goodall.u.washington.edu>
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On Thu, 20 Mar 1997, K. Marsh wrote: Look for a program called "sudo". =)My roomate uses my computer to check his e-mail and do a little web =)browsing in FreeBSD, as well as to use Word, Excel, and other expensive =)programs in that other operating system. =) =)How can I give him the ability to issue "shutdown" without giving him root =)privileges? =) =)I am aware that it may be a security hole, but he's not going to hack my =)system. I just don't want him to able to destroy everything by accident. =) =)I tried using chmod and chown on the binary, but even when he owns it and =)it's in 777 mode, it doesn't execute. =) =)I'm using 2.2-RELEASE if it makes any difference. =) =)Thanks, Ken Marsh =) =) :::::::::::::::::::::::::::. . . . . ..:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: Jason Andresen :. . . . . . . . . : Web and FTP server at :: :: jandrese@vt.edu :.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:: jandrese.async.vt.edu :: :.........................: Quote of the day :...........................: Oregon, n.: Eighty billion gallons of water with no place to go on Saturday night. :::::::::::.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.........................:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:::::::::::
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