On 8 May 2006 at 22:37, houghi wrote:
> On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 10:08:46PM +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> > That needed line for 'makeSUSEdvd' is the default during the installation
> > and configuration phase of a system; but once in "production", those two
> > lines are normally removed - meaning that sudoers have to use their own
> > passwords and run only specified commands, not any random command they may
> > want. The consequence is that on a "production" machine, 'makeSUSEdvd' can
> > not run using sudo.
>
> Unfortunatly there is no real alternative, other then running it as root.
Running it as root is the purpose of "sudo", but not knowing the root password.
Consider a configuration skeletton (from HP-UX):
# User alias specification
User_Alias MEDIA_OPERATOR = %dba, windl
# Cmnd alias specification
Cmnd_Alias CHANGE_CD = /usr/sbin/mount /SD_CDROM,\
/usr/sbin/umount /SD_CDROM
MEDIA_OPERATOR ALL=CHANGE_CD
> I like to run things as little as root as possible. On the other hand, you
> are the first, and so far only, person who complained about this.
>
> With several thousand downloads, I would expect some people complaining.
> So it seems almost nobody changes the default.
That's bad!
Regards,
Ulrich
>
> Due to the fact that you might need to enter you rootpassword twice, I
> might be willing to let it be run as root.
>
> houghi
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