Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 12:50:44 +0300 From: Igor Robul <igor@raduga.dyndns.org> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: About delegating account creation Message-ID: <20010201125044.A30521@linux.rainbow> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010201102556.mj@isy.liu.se>; from mj@isy.liu.se on Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 10:25:56AM %2B0100 References: <XFMail.010201102556.mj@isy.liu.se>
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On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 10:25:56AM +0100, Micke Josefsson wrote: > I am root on a server. And as such I can create new accounts. Now if am away can > I delegate account creation to someone else without also giving him/her the > means of creating havoc with the system? /usr/ports/sysutils/webmin You can create account which will only can manage users, BUT if some user can edit password files, then it easy can become root. -- Igor Robul, Unix System Administrator & Programmer @ sanatorium "Raduga", Sochi, Russia http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=304744 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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