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From: Benjamin Walkenhorst <krylon@gmx.net>
Subject: sudo'ers, I need help!
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 21:44:21 +0200
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Hello everybody,

I use SuSE Linux 7.3 Professional (with linux-2.4.20 + cryptoapi and=20
cryptoloop patches) on a Pentium III 450 with 256 MB of RAM. It is a si=
ngle=20
machine, no local network, just the ISDN adapter for internet.=20
Being both the only user and the administrator, I use a non-root accoun=
t for=20
everyday work and mostly su to root, if I need root privileges. But oft=
en=20
there is just a single command I want to run or a single file I want to=
 edit=20
(like building a new kernel and re-running /sbin/lilo or editing /etc/f=
stab),=20
and I am aware of the sudo command allowing users to run a command with=
 root=20
privileges without having to authentify as root and avoiding the risks =
of=20
suid-bits. For users to run sudo <command>, root has to edit /etc/sudoe=
rs and=20
add an entry like "user_X is allowed to run command_y as root.=20

But I don't know about the file format: there is a manpage on this file=
, but=20
I didn't find it to be any help.=20
Can anyone explain this file to me? Give some nice examples, maybe? Or =
tell=20
me if there is some kind of HOWTO? If found a German introduction, but =
I=20
still don't know how to do this. ;-(=20
What I want to learn is allow userX to run some commands like vi, make,=
 cp,=20
lilo, mount, ... as root.=20
SUID is not what I want, since I do not always want to run these comman=
ds as=20
root, just sometimes.=20

Or might sudo not be what I am looking for?

Thank you very much,

Kind regards,

Benjamin Walkenhorst

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"Der Hoffnung beraubt sein,
 hei=DFt noch nicht - verzweifeln."
(Albert Camus)
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