On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 12:15:43PM +0300, Juha Jäykkä wrote: Make multiple root-accounts. We for example have normal users accounts and 3-5 root-accounts depending on machine. Just give UID/GID to new user.
> I have a bit of a situation: I have a handful of linux machines > (almost all with different distributions and kernels and software - > one hell to keep secure) and all the machines have different roots. > These guys want to keep their root passwords (or at least the root > privileges) so they can update their X/KDE/whatever when/if they feel > like it but on the other hand, they would like to see someone (me) > keep their machines secure - something they themselves do not have > time (we all know keeping up security is a fulltime job). Obviously to > install patches etc I, also, need root privileges. > This poses a problem if I am not to remember all those different > root passwords and without making all the passwords the same! How can > that _safely_ be accomplished? There are versions of su, sudo etc) that > do not ask passwords, there are suid binaries but which is _THE_ way > of accomplishing this? Presently there are only shared root passwords > between the server admins but now we are trying to get the workstation > security boosted up as well - being behind one firewall does not seem > to be enough in an environment where a whole class B network is behind > that one fw... > > -- > ----------------------------------------------- > | Juha Jäykkä, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | home: http://www.utu.fi/~juolja/ | > ----------------------------------------------- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- ytti
