I have a question about the administrator's permission on a management
server
installed on a Linux 7.2 platform.

We have CP NG distributed installation. The management server is installed
on Linux 7.2. I have two questions.

1. Can we set up the management server so that a non-superuser can run the
utilities, such as cpconfig, on the management server?
2. When I run cpconfig, I can set a group permission. The document says:
"Normally a VPN/FireWall Module is given group permission for access and
execution. You can name such a group or instruct the installation procedure
to give no group permissions to the VPN/FireWall Module. In the latter case,
only the Super-User will be able to access and execute the VPN/FireWall
Module."

It looks like setting the group permission will allow the group to run
utilities, such as cpconfig, without the root permission. I tried and it did
not work. I did the following:

a. logon as root and run cpconfig
b. set group permission to the "Firewall" group.
c. create a user account in the Firewall group.
d. logout root and logon as the new user
e. try to run cpconfig and it failed.

Does the group permission affect anything I do on the management server?

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Changguan Fan, (480) 554-1284
IT Flex Services, Intel Corp.,
Chandler, AZ 85226-3699
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