On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 01:45:23 +0100, Florian Philipp wrote: > > What happens when there is that one thing they need to do that needs > > root privileges? Do you give them the root password and let them do > > what they want, or do you make that one operation available to them?
> SETUID bit like /bin/ping or sudo itself? That being said, I'd also use > sudo unless the usage is so frequent that the constant password typing > becomes a pain. SETUID enables it for everyone, not just the user in question. You can set sudo to allow specified commands to be executed without a password. -- Neil Bothwick Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.
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