Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 14:13:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Anthony Yandell <antone@ahoc.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adduser for non-root users Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980416141239.7029j-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <00ec01bd696d$cb8fe9c0$114bdacd@cimarron.ilinkusa.net>
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On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Anthony Yandell wrote: > We have to allow certain users within a certain group to add users with > the adduser command. We have been able to accomplish this, but the > passwd database resets the permissions over-night. Is there anyone that > has had success with this sort of thing? We'd really appreciate any > assistance. Thanks in advance. Please reply to antone@ahoc.net One solution is to install sudo and specify that the particular group of users can only execute adduser. Sudo is a limited form of `su'. The passwd file perms are probably reset in /etc/daily, so you could change/disable it there too. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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