01-28-2009
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1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi!! Experts,
I have a typical scenario here in which several users have access to a particular login .. say "build".
None of the users know the passwd for this login.
The name of some of the user have been to .rhosts file.
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2. SCO
UnixWare 7, Release 7.1.3
We have a customer that has frequent issues with Non-Root users being unable to print. They are able to print w/o issues, but all of the sudden it stops working. The only workaround we have at this point is to reboot the server. It is happening weekly according to... (1 Reply)
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3. Solaris
We have a Solaris box. I noticed that whenever any non-root user logins into the box and issues the command id the output is (for example) uid=42568(sam) gid=1245(sam) euid=0(root) egid=2(bin). I have not given any privileges to anyone explicitly. When I issued ls -l in the /usr/bin directory I... (1 Reply)
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4. Solaris
hello,
I have a challenge to find a way to lock down a file in a user's home directory, such that a user can NOT modify, rename, move, delete, etc. The solution needs to be deployable without, for example, having to switch from unix to windows, etc
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Discussion started by: jvmagic
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5. UNIX Desktop Questions & Answers
Hi there,
I'm working with a Linux server and now I can get a daily Logwatch mail ... my question is:since there are too many users with root password (...in my opinion... :mad:) how could I prevent to delete information about "su" log?
Thanks in advance,
GB (3 Replies)
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6. AIX
Hi All
How can track what commands are entered by the Root user. Is there a log besides using the history command that lists all commands entered for a period of time.
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7. Solaris
I'm using Solaris 10. I want to restrict users from executing this dangerous command.
rm -rf *
But they should be able to perform the below actions:
rm -rf *.*
rm -rf filename
rm -rf directory
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi all,
I have a small problem. When I log in as root and try to switch to any other user using su -user, then it is giving an error saying libncurses.so permission denied. Can you help me?
Thank you in advance.
Sai. (1 Reply)
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
I need to list users in /etc/passwd with root's GID or UID or /root as home directory
If we have these entries in /etc/passwd
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
rootgooduser1:x:100:100::/home/gooduser1:/bin/bash
baduser1:x:0:300::/home/baduser1:/bin/bash... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: anil510
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi folks,
I have the basic query that there are 3 unix boxes having their individual access now in my team there are 4 members who are using the same credentials to access those 3 boxes through putty ssh from their windows desktop , now if i want to check which 4 members have executed the... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: punpun66
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LEARN ABOUT OPENDARWIN
dialups
dialups(4) File Formats dialups(4)
NAME
dialups - list of terminal devices requiring a dial-up password
SYNOPSIS
/etc/dialups
DESCRIPTION
dialups is an ASCII file which contains a list of terminal devices that require a dial-up password. A dial-up password is an additional
password required of users who access the computer through a modem or dial-up port. The correct password must be entered before the user
is granted access to the computer. The set of ports that require a dial-up password are listed in the dialups file.
Each entry in the dialups file is a single line of the form:
terminal-device
where
terminal-device The full path name of the terminal device that will require a dial-up password for users accessing the computer
through a modem or dial-up port.
The dialups file should be owned by the root user and the root group. The file should have read and write permissions for the owner (root)
only.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: A sample dialups file.
Here is a sample dialups file:
/dev/term/a
/dev/term/b
/dev/term/c
FILES
/etc/d_passwd dial-up password file
/etc/dialups list of dial-up ports requiring dial-up passwords
SEE ALSO
d_passwd(4)
SunOS 5.10 4 May 1994 dialups(4)