I do not understand - looks/sounds a bit awkward to me.
If you want to sudo su, why do you need a password then? I mean if you have access to that password stored in a file already, why not allow via sudo your user directly to become the other one without entering that password? Storing passwords in plain files is not secure at all.
If you put into sudoers a line that allows your current user to su to some id it could look like:
You then just type
.. and that's it. You also might want to use the dash (-) between su and the username so you have the users environment active.
I have 02 servers:
- Linux RHEL AS 3 (server1)
- AIX 5.2 (server2)
Running the command rsh server2 passwd derje from the server1 to change derje user password on server2, give me this error:
3004-709 Error while changing the password for "derje"
Can somebody help me ? (0 Replies)
Hi sir,
i need help in scripting..
i have 30 users like below
eda01
eda02
eda03
eda04
.....
......
eda30
I want to reset all users password start with eda01 until eda30 to default password 1234
how do i do this using script,
i dunt want system prompt me for password..
i am... (5 Replies)
hello friends,
one user is created named "user1"
I login as "user1" . Now when i do "su -" to be root user I have to give password for root .
Is there any way through which we can skip giving the password to root.
i.e.
user1@work:~$ su -
Password: xxxxxx
work:~$
I don't want that... (1 Reply)
Hi all,
I'm having an issue resetting an Linux user password. As root, I type 'passwd <username>, enter the new password, but the user is still Access Denied. Can someone assist me in figuring this one out?
The box is running "Linux trm62 2.4.21-15.ELsmp #1 SMP Thu Apr 22 00:18:24 EDT 2004... (6 Replies)
i created 1 user . Now its passwd time period get expired.
Now how can I set password for that user. Also how can I set a condition such a way that after every 3 months user must change his passwd. (5 Replies)
I am trying to create a shell script that will:
check if a specific user already exists
if not, create a specific group and create the user in that group
assign a password to that user, where the password is passed in as a parameter to the script
The problem that I need help with is 3 on... (4 Replies)
hi guys
I have Centos 5.4
The idea is lock the user account for 3 minutes after he has entered his password incorrectly 3 times.
I've modified /etc/pam.d/system-auth
auth required pam_tally.so onerr=fail per_user deny=3
account required pam_tally.so resetbesides... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: kopper
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gksu
GKSU(1) User Commands GKSU(1)NAME
gksu - GTK+ frontend for su and sudo
SYNOPSIS
gksu
gksu [-u <user>] [options] <command>
gksudo [-u <user>] [options] <command>
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly gksu and gksudo
gksu is a frontend to su and gksudo is a frontend to sudo. Their primary purpose is to run graphical commands that need root without the
need to run an X terminal emulator and using su directly.
Notice that all the magic is done by the underlying library, libgksu. Also notice that the library will decide if it should use su or sudo
as backend using the /apps/gksu/sudo-mode gconf key, if you call the gksu command. You can force the backend by using the gksudo command,
or by using the --sudo-mode and --su-mode options.
If no command is given, the gksu program will display a small window that allows you to type in a command to be run, and to select what
user the program should be run as. The other options are disregarded, right now, in this mode.
OPTIONS --debug, -d
Print information on the screen that might be useful for diagnosing and/or solving problems.
--user <user>, -u <user>
Call <command> as the specified user.
--disable-grab, -g
Disable the "locking" of the keyboard, mouse, and focus done by the program when asking for password.
--prompt, -P
Ask the user if they want to have their keyboard and mouse grabbed before doing so.
--preserve-env, -k
Preserve the current environments, does not set $HOME nor $PATH, for example.
--login, -l
Make this a login shell. Beware this may cause problems with the Xauthority magic. Run xhost to allow the target user to open win-
dows on your display!
--description <description|file>, -D <description|file>
Provide a descriptive name for the command to be used in the default message, making it nicer. You can also provide the absolute
path for a .desktop file. The Name key for will be used in this case.
--message <message>, -m <message>
Replace the standard message shown to ask for password for the argument passed to the option. Only use this if --description does
not suffice.
--print-pass, -p
Ask gksu to print the password to stdout, just like ssh-askpass. Useful to use in scripts with programs that accept receiving the
password on stdin.
--su-mode, -w
Force gksu to use su(1) as its backend for running the programs.
--sudo-mode, -S
Force gksu to use sudo(1) as its backend for running the programs.
SEE ALSO su(1), sudo(1)gksu version 2.0.x August 2006 GKSU(1)