On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Ari Novikoff wrote: > I have a user that requires admin rights on the server. > > This particular user is the webmaster but I'd rather not give the user the > admin account. Just access so he can change file permissions on uploaded > files through ftp. > > Please tell me it's possible... > > Please tell me I'm on the right path in adding the user's name to > the "root" group in /etc/group and /etc/group- > > Of course, If there's a different approach to this, I'm all ears.
You could just give the user sudo rights by modifying /etc/sudoers Then all the commands s/he executes as root are logged. -=-=-==-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Graeme Robinson - Graenet consulting www.graenet.com - internet solutions -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==---=-=--=-=-= -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
