05-21-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by Remi
Hi.........
I'm trying to set a group of users to login to do a required super-user tasks without knowing the super-user passwd.
For example...a user popodude logs in as self with passwd..system accepts the password & then automatically asks for the super-user account passwd.
My goal is for the system to take this user directly to the task without asking for the super-user passwd.
Thanks,
Remi
login: popodude
Password:
Last login: Fri May 18 11:46:01 from swnee10w0012
Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.8 Generic Patch February 2004
Password:
Update profile to use sudo.
Ex sudo entry:
Cmnd_Alias restrictedcmds = /usr/sbin/pkgadd, /usr/sbin/pkgrm
user1 ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:restrictedcmds
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
groups
groups(1B) SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands groups(1B)
NAME
groups - display a user's group memberships
SYNOPSIS
/usr/ucb/groups [user]...
DESCRIPTION
With no arguments, groups displays the groups to which you belong; else it displays the groups to which the user belongs. Each user
belongs to a group specified in the password file /etc/passwd and possibly to other groups as specified in the file /etc/group. If you do
not own a file but belong to the group which it is owned by then you are granted group access to the file.
FILES
/etc/passwd
/etc/group
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWscpu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
getgroups(2), attributes(5)
NOTES
This command is obsolete.
SunOS 5.11 14 Sep 1992 groups(1B)