Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] LSI 9211 and multipath

2011-06-14 Thread Mark
Has anyone tried multipath on a single lsi 9211-8i to a dual port backplane ? I have the controler connected to a SM 847E26 and although I see two of every disk (before and after enabling multipath), it doesn't seem to be quite working. The 9211 is using IR mode, so I can get the ses support

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] User roles and acting as root

2011-06-14 Thread Gregory Youngblood
On Jun 14, 2011, at 1:35 PM, Gabriele Bulfon wrote: > Up until OpenSolaris, my first and only command was some "enters" on a "#". > Just root, and just commands, for a life. > Now I had times with opensolaris wanting me to pfexec everything. > On OpenIndiana pfexec behave differently and does not

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] User roles and acting as root

2011-06-14 Thread Gabriele Bulfon
Up until OpenSolaris, my first and only command was some "enters" on a "#". Just root, and just commands, for a life. Now I had times with opensolaris wanting me to pfexec everything. On OpenIndiana pfexec behave differently and does not run privileged as it did on OSol. And, afterall, sudo just a

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] User roles and acting as root

2011-06-14 Thread Dan Swartzendruber
Ken Gunderson wrote: Which is useful in environments where you have jr. sysadmins, backup operators, etc., i.e. different roles, not all of which you want/trust to have full root access, so tasks can be limited to only those necessary to fulfill that role. On a boxes where I, or one or two othe

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] User roles and acting as root

2011-06-14 Thread Ken Gunderson
On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 11:23 -0700, Alan Coopersmith wrote: > On 06/14/11 10:05 AM, Gabriele Bulfon wrote: > > Thanx for your reply, > > I understand the security issue. > > But, is it so much more secure when you can just sudo commands? > > Where is the difference? > > With sudo, you choose to onl

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] User roles and acting as root

2011-06-14 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 06/14/11 10:05 AM, Gabriele Bulfon wrote: > Thanx for your reply, > I understand the security issue. > But, is it so much more secure when you can just sudo commands? > Where is the difference? With sudo, you choose to only run commands that need extra privileges with those privileges - most of

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] User roles and acting as root

2011-06-14 Thread Magnus
On 6/14/11 1:10 PM, Ignacio Marambio Catán wrote: Sudo asks for a password even if it is the user's password Well, it *can*, but that's not universally true. You can have it prompt for a password or not. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndia

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] User roles and acting as root

2011-06-14 Thread Ignacio Marambio Catán
Sudo asks for a password even if it is the user's password On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Gabriele Bulfon wrote: > Thanx for your reply, > I understand the security issue. > But, is it so much more secure when you can just sudo commands? > Where is the difference? > Thanx >

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] User roles and acting as root

2011-06-14 Thread Gabriele Bulfon
Thanx for your reply, I understand the security issue. But, is it so much more secure when you can just sudo commands? Where is the difference? Thanx -- Da: Ignacio Marambio Catán A: Discussion list for OpenIndiana Data

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] User roles and acting as root

2011-06-14 Thread Ignacio Marambio Catán
give your user the Primary Administrator profile and then assign him a profile shell like pfksh. need i say this is insecure? nacho On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Gabriele Bulfon wrote: > Hi, I was trying to figure out how to let the default install user (sonicle, > in my case) be able > to

[OpenIndiana-discuss] User roles and acting as root

2011-06-14 Thread Gabriele Bulfon
Hi, I was trying to figure out how to let the default install user (sonicle, in my case) be able to run commands as root completely, with no pfexec nor sudo. The user has a root role, in the user_attr file. If not possible, how can I enable root login normally? I tried commenting out the "root" ro

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Illumos / OpenIndiana podcast

2011-06-14 Thread Jamon Camisso
On 06/14/2011 04:51 AM, Dave Koelmeyer wrote: Garrett D'Amore has just posted a link to this: http://systemhelden.com/heldenfunk/2011/06/hf059-illumos-openindiana-niche11 Good listening, nice to hear a bit about the background of the founders. Starting now. For anyone who doesn't understand G

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Illumos / OpenIndiana podcast

2011-06-14 Thread Dave Koelmeyer
Garrett D'Amore has just posted a link to this: http://systemhelden.com/heldenfunk/2011/06/hf059-illumos-openindiana-niche11 Good listening, nice to hear a bit about the background of the founders. -- Dave Koelmeyer http://davekoelmeyer.wordpress.com/ __