Re: [Ilugc] User Account

2009-07-17 Thread kesavan (K7)
ct: Re: [Ilugc] User Account On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 10:06 AM, kesavan (K7) wrote: > create a user and restrict the administration action in that particular user Changing one's own password is _not_ an administrative action. It can be done withou

Re: [Ilugc] User Account

2009-07-17 Thread Aanjhan R
On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 10:06 AM, kesavan (K7) wrote: > create a user and restrict the administration action in that particular user Changing one's own password is _not_ an administrative action. It can be done without "sudo" -- A ___ To unsubscribe, em

Re: [Ilugc] User Account

2009-07-17 Thread kesavan (K7)
create a user and restrict the administration action in that particular user From: Rajesh Kumar To: ilugc@ae.iitm.ac.in Sent: Friday, 17 July, 2009 9:35:29 AM Subject: [Ilugc] User Account Dear Raman Sir, what I meant is: I want to cut the

Re: [Ilugc] User Account

2009-07-16 Thread Raman.P
--- On Fri, 17/7/09, Rajesh Kumar wrote: > >      what I meant is: > >        I want to cut the access to > change the passwd. Can I restrict users > from accessing to change the passwd ? > > >       Windows Server has option that we can > create that an user cannot have > an access to chang

[Ilugc] User Account

2009-07-16 Thread Rajesh Kumar
Dear Raman Sir, what I meant is: I want to cut the access to change the passwd. Can I restrict users from accessing to change the passwd ? Windows Server has option that we can create that an user cannot have an access to change the passwd. By, Rajesh __

Re: [Ilugc] User Account

2009-07-16 Thread Raman.P
--- On Thu, 16/7/09, Rajesh Kumar wrote: > >             I created some > users with passwd  in my Debian Server but user > changed our passwd ourself. How can i restric the user > passwd. Terribly poor communication - please try to improve else you may never get useful help. If not comforta

Re: [Ilugc] User Account

2009-07-16 Thread Udaya Kumar
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Roshan George wrote: > On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 12:33 +0530, Udaya Kumar wrote: > > > > The easy way would be to move the passwd binary to a different location. > > > > The proper solution would be write a script which invokes the passwd > binary > > after UID valid

Re: [Ilugc] User Account

2009-07-16 Thread Roshan George
On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 12:33 +0530, Udaya Kumar wrote: > > The easy way would be to move the passwd binary to a different location. > > The proper solution would be write a script which invokes the passwd binary > after UID validation. > The passwd binary should be kept in different location. Wou

Re: [Ilugc] User Account

2009-07-16 Thread Raja Subramanian
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Udaya Kumar wrote: > The easy way would be to move the passwd binary to a different location. Why not simply remove the suid bit on the passwd binary? That way only root can successfully execute the passwd command. - Raja

Re: [Ilugc] User Account

2009-07-16 Thread Udaya Kumar
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Senthil Kumaran S wrote: > On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Rajesh Kumar > wrote: > >I created some users with passwd in my Debian Server but user > > changed our passwd ourself. How can i restric the user passwd. > > Remove /usr/bin/passwd binary ?

Re: [Ilugc] User Account

2009-07-15 Thread Mehul Ved
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Rajesh Kumar wrote: > Dear Ilugu > >            I created some users with passwd  in my Debian Server but user > changed our passwd ourself. How can i restric the user passwd. Your question isn't clear. Did he/she change the root password or some other user's pass

Re: [Ilugc] User Account

2009-07-15 Thread Senthil Kumaran S
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Rajesh Kumar wrote: >            I created some users with passwd  in my Debian Server but user > changed our passwd ourself. How can i restric the user passwd. Remove /usr/bin/passwd binary ? -- Senthil Kumaran S http://www.stylesen.org/ ___

[Ilugc] User Account

2009-07-15 Thread Rajesh Kumar
Dear Ilugu I created some users with passwd in my Debian Server but user changed our passwd ourself. How can i restric the user passwd. By Rajesh ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or