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# 8  
Old 04-16-2010
I'd think you'd want to give them more granular control that a username that has your effective UID for all commands. Using sudo to let them perform certain operations as your user under another account or using Trusted Extensions/RBAC would make more sense.

Cheers,
Keith
# 9  
Old 04-17-2010
...assuming the software/feature is available.

It is something which can have it's uses if there is no alternative.
# 10  
Old 04-17-2010
Agreed, but RBAC is always going to be there; most shops seem to have sudo in place as well. I tend to go at every problem from a 'give as little privilege as possible'. No reason to give a user a sledge hammer when all they need is a screw driver.

Cheers,
Keith
# 11  
Old 04-19-2010
While I'm a strong supporter of Solaris RBAC, there are certainly cases where user account aliases better suit the needs.
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