From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 17 23:23: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 285D437B405 for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2001 23:23:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f6I6Lk819068; Tue, 17 Jul 2001 23:21:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "BSD Freak" , "FreeBSD Questions" Subject: RE: Allowing a junior administrator add users Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 23:21:46 -0700 Message-ID: <001401c10f51$ebf42c20$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 In-Reply-To: <283a0a27f34a.27f34a283a0a@mbox.com.au> Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG What you want to do is install webmin. This will allow you to configure a restricted user access internally in webmin that will only allow him add-remove. In addition it will provide a web/graphical interface which if you don't trust him with the root password, he's most likely very, very junior in UNIX, and will probably appreciate greatly. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of BSD Freak >Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 2:42 PM >To: FreeBSD Questions >Subject: Allowing a junior administrator add users > > >Hi all, > >I need to enable one of my junior admins to add /remove users without >giving him the root account. I have added him to the wheel group but >'adduser' still insist you be root when doing this..... any solutions? > >thanks... > > --------------------------------------------- > Receive faxes 24x7, no second line necessary. > http://www.mbox.com.au/ > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message