Re: debian: user-request-daemon (it could solve some problems)

2007-02-26 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 2/27/07, Curt Manucredo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: i could never imagine that it is possible to call a command and then have root rights for it, without authentificating on the system with a password. so i thought a daemon running as root might solve that problem (which i thought it does exist

Re: debian: user-request-daemon (it could solve some problems)

2007-02-26 Thread Curt Manucredo
On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:29:59 + The Fungi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 08:10:34AM +, Anton Piatek wrote: > > I have a feeling you have reinvented the wheel. Sudo can be used > > without a password and can be set on a per-user, per-application > > basis i.e. give user

Re: We need an off-topic list (was Re: REALLY OT: News Flash)

2007-02-26 Thread Paul Johnson
Tyler MacDonald wrote: > However, this proves the value of having a designated OT list signficantly > guys: Here is someone subscribed to the very mailing list that supposed to > help him learn more about debian, who is currently powerless to avoid the > OT spam that's coming along with it (and cu

Re: REALLY OT: News Flash

2007-02-26 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 04:50:16PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 01:37:29PM -0800, Tyler MacDonald wrote: > > > > Are you suggesting that instead of creating a debian "off topic" mailing > > list, we should create a debian-help list instead, specifically mandated o

Re: debian: user-request-daemon (it could solve some problems)

2007-02-26 Thread The Fungi
On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 08:10:34AM +, Anton Piatek wrote: > I have a feeling you have reinvented the wheel. Sudo can be used without > a password and can be set on a per-user, per-application basis i.e. give > user X permission to run Y with/without a password. Even more flexible, sudo can be