Re: non-root postfix admin; sudo -vs- super

2001-07-04 Thread Neale Banks
Thank you Craing and Ilya - I now see where I was approaching this from the wrong direction. The overall framework I'm trying to get happening is to use a supplementary group for the users and files to be maintained outside /etc/postfix and some "simple" glue-scripts to move the modified files in

RCS and perms (WAS: Re: non-root postfix admin; sudo -vs- super)

2001-07-04 Thread Neale Banks
Hi Craig, On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Craig Sanders wrote: [...] > the 660 permissions on the /etc/radius/radius.users file allow the admin > group to edit it and check it in to RCS. Could you elaborate on this please? I started by ading a group "mailadm", the theory being that all the relevant files

Re: non-root postfix admin; sudo -vs- super

2001-07-04 Thread Neale Banks
Thank you Craing and Ilya - I now see where I was approaching this from the wrong direction. The overall framework I'm trying to get happening is to use a supplementary group for the users and files to be maintained outside /etc/postfix and some "simple" glue-scripts to move the modified files i

RCS and perms (WAS: Re: non-root postfix admin; sudo -vs- super)

2001-07-04 Thread Neale Banks
Hi Craig, On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Craig Sanders wrote: [...] > the 660 permissions on the /etc/radius/radius.users file allow the admin > group to edit it and check it in to RCS. Could you elaborate on this please? I started by ading a group "mailadm", the theory being that all the relevant files

Re: non-root postfix admin; sudo -vs- super

2001-06-29 Thread Ilya Martynov
NB> I see that by default the files in /etc/postfix are owner: group NB> root:root. This obviously doesn't lend itself to the contents thereof NB> being admin'ed by admins who don't otherwise enjoy the total freedom of NB> the system (nor is it best for those of us who like to spend as little NB>

Re: non-root postfix admin; sudo -vs- super

2001-06-29 Thread Craig Sanders
On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 05:07:46PM +1000, Neale Banks wrote: > * use sudo -or- super to allow postfix admins to do what is necessary. > > What do people see as the relative merits of these? > > What are the differences between sudo and super in these kind of > circumstances? i use sudo. it's eas

Re: non-root postfix admin; sudo -vs- super

2001-06-29 Thread Ilya Martynov
NB> I see that by default the files in /etc/postfix are owner: group NB> root:root. This obviously doesn't lend itself to the contents thereof NB> being admin'ed by admins who don't otherwise enjoy the total freedom of NB> the system (nor is it best for those of us who like to spend as little NB

Re: non-root postfix admin; sudo -vs- super

2001-06-29 Thread Craig Sanders
On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 05:07:46PM +1000, Neale Banks wrote: > * use sudo -or- super to allow postfix admins to do what is necessary. > > What do people see as the relative merits of these? > > What are the differences between sudo and super in these kind of > circumstances? i use sudo. it's ea

non-root postfix admin; sudo -vs- super

2001-06-29 Thread Neale Banks
Greetings all, With particular relevance to potato... I see that by default the files in /etc/postfix are owner: group root:root. This obviously doesn't lend itself to the contents thereof being admin'ed by admins who don't otherwise enjoy the total freedom of the system (nor is it best for thos

non-root postfix admin; sudo -vs- super

2001-06-28 Thread Neale Banks
Greetings all, With particular relevance to potato... I see that by default the files in /etc/postfix are owner: group root:root. This obviously doesn't lend itself to the contents thereof being admin'ed by admins who don't otherwise enjoy the total freedom of the system (nor is it best for tho