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Old 10-14-2009
How to allow access to some commands having root privleges to be run bu non root user
hi
i am new to unix and i have abig task. i have to \run particular commands having root privileges from a non root user. i know sudo is one of the way but i need sum other approach kindly help

Thanks
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Old 10-14-2009
Why cant you use sudo itself ?! Its fairly an easy process.

Else you can try using set-user-id thing, which your passwd command uses.
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Old 10-14-2009
sudo has to be installed on and confiugred .So its a pain to do on 1000 hosts. i am trying setuid thing but i am stuck on how to push it without root privileges. any idea
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Old 10-14-2009
You can find a good explanation here ..

setuid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 10-14-2009
If you're using Solaris, Role Based Access Controls (RBAC) would work.

Of course, like sudo you will initially need root access on your clients to set it up.

Understading RBAC - The Observatory
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Old 10-30-2009
Thanks for the reply
 
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