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Operating Systems Solaris Sudo access of rm to non-root user Post 303002434 by achenle on Thursday 24th of August 2017 05:53:53 AM

08-24-2017

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Originally Posted by solaris_1977

I got the point. It may be nature of application, the way it is creating file with root ownership. I can check with application owner, if this nature can be changed.

But, is it possible at all, to give sudo access to app_user to remove that root owned file ? I just want to have my statement correct, before jumping into discussion with them.

Probably the worst approach to fixing a problem is writing more code to paper over the symptom of the problem instead of just fixing the actual problem.

Your problem here is a file has ownership/permissions that prevent processing per your system's requirements.

Instead of fixing that problem, your proposed solution is to write even more code and/or create something new in order to change the symptom.

So instead of a fixed problem, you now have a problem, a patch that hides that problem, an entire set of undocumented dependencies for working around that problem, and a requirement to spend future resources keeping that patch working.

Ever wonder how computer systems get unreliable?

That's exactly how.

Do you want reliable systems?

FIX the actual problems, never ADD extras to patch over and hide them.

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reporter-mailx

REPORTER-MAILX(1)						 LIBREPORT MANUAL						 REPORTER-MAILX(1)

NAME

       reporter-mailx - Sends contents of a problem directory via email.

SYNOPSIS

       reporter-mailx [-v] -d DIR [-c CONFFILE]

DESCRIPTION

       The tool reads a problem directory, composes an email message from the directory contents, and uses mailx to send the message to specified
       recipient.

       Properties of email messages can be specified in a configuration file, and via environment variables.

   Configuration file
       Configuration file contains entries in a format "Option = Value".

       The options are:

       Subject
	   The subject of the email message.

       EmailFrom
	   The sender of the email message.

       EmailTo
	   The recipient of the email message.

       SendBinaryData
	   Use yes/true/on/1 to attach all binary files from the problem directory to the email. This can cause the emails to be very large.

   Integration with ABRT events
       reporter-mailx can be used as a reporter, to allow users report problems via email when they decide to do it. This usage is pre-configured
       in /etc/libreport/events.d/mailx_event.conf:

	   EVENT=report_Mailx	   reporter-mailx

       It can also be used to notify administrator automatically when a problem happens. When this is desired, modify the event configuration file
       to run the tool on the post-create event:

	   EVENT=post-create	   reporter-mailx

OPTIONS

       -d DIR
	   Path to problem directory.

       -c CONFFILE
	   Path to configuration file. When used in ABRT event system, the file contains site-wide configuration. Users can change the values via
	   environment variables.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       Environment variables take precedence over values provided in the configuration file.

       Mailx_Subject
	   Subject of the email message.

       Mailx_EmailFrom
	   Sender of the email message.

       Mailx_EmailTo
	   Recipient of the email message. If nor the environment variable nor the corresponding option is defined, the message is send to
	   "root@localhost".

       Mailx_SendBinaryData
	   Use yes/true/on/1 to attach all binary files from the problem directory to the email.

AUTHORS

       o   ABRT team

LIBREPORT 2.1.11						    06/18/2014							 REPORTER-MAILX(1)

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