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Operating Systems Linux Disable switching to root alternatives Post 302757243 by Tommyk on Thursday 17th of January 2013 08:47:59 AM
Old 01-17-2013
From experience of this situation i would in every case advise to create a command alias for a user to only use sudo for those specific commands and add each command as necessary (obviously dont add commands like su,sh,bash,ksh,visudo,passwd). Much better to have a secure server than give full access to a user and firefight in response to his attempts at gaining root.
 

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eurephiadm adminaccess(7)												 eurephiadm adminaccess(7)

NAME
eurephiadm-adminaccess - Access control for eurephia administration features DESCRIPTION
The eurephiadm adminaccess is used to grant eurephia users access to the different administration modules in eurephia. Available modes for the adminaccess command are: -G | --grant Grant a specific access level to a user -R | --revoke Revoke access levels -l | --list List all granted accesses -h | --help <mode> Help about a specific mode LIST MODE
The list mode will show the granted user access levels -i | --uid User account ID -u | --username User name -I | --interface Which interfaces to show (default "C") -a | --access-level Which access level to show GRANT MODE
The grant mode will grant a user access to a specified access level. -i | --uid User account ID -I | --interface Grant access through which interface (default "C") -a | --access-level Which access level to grant access to REVOKE MODE
The revoke mode will remove an access from the desired user accounts. -i | --uid User account ID -I | --interface Revoke access from interface (default "C") -a | --access-level Which access level to revoke access from ACCESS LEVELS
attempts This access level grants access to the eurephiadm attempts command. The attempts command can list, reset or delete login attempts records in the database. blacklist This is similar to the attempts access. It provides access to the eurphiadm blacklist command, where you can list, add or delete blacklisted usernames, certificate digests or IP addresses. certadmin This level is needed to use the eurephiadm certs command. This commands provides you access to list, add or delete certificate information which the eurephia plug-in will use during the authentication process. config This level grants access to the eurephiadm config and eurephiadm show-config commands. The latter command will list out both the eurephiadm config file and all configuration parameters in the database. The config command is used to set or delete configuration parameters in the database. fwprofiles This access level is needed to list, add or delete firewall profiles eurephia which may use. useradmin This provides access to the eurephiadm users and eurephiadm usercerts commands, which is used to create or delete user accounts and link the user accounts together with a certificate and a firewall access profile. SEE ALSO
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