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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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dsenableroot(8) 					    BSD System Manager's Manual 					   dsenableroot(8)

NAME

     dsenableroot -- enables or disables the root account.

SYNOPSIS

     dsenableroot [-d] [-u username] [-p password] [-r rootPassword]

DESCRIPTION

     dsenableroot sets the password for the root account if enabling the root user account.  Otherwise, if disable [-d] is chosen, the root
     account passwords are removed and the root user is disabled.

     A list of flags and their descriptions:

     -u username
	      Username of a user that has administrative privileges on this computer.

     -p password
	      Password to use in conjunction with the specified username.  If this is not specified, you will be prompted for entry.

     -r rootPassword
	      Password to be used for the root account.  If this is not specified for enabling, you will be prompted for entry.

EXAMPLES

     -dsenableroot
	      Your username will be used and you will be queried for both your password and the new root password to be set to enable the root
	      account.

     -dsenableroot -d
	      Your username will be used and you will be queried for only your password to disable the root account.

     -dsenableroot -u username -p userpassword -r rootpassword
	      The supplied arguments will be used to enable the root account.

     -dsenableroot -d -u username -p userpassword
	      The supplied arguments will be used to disable the root account.

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