Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 09:44:31 -0500 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: lloyd@li5.org Cc: "freebsd-security@freebsd.org" <freebsd-security@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Add/Remove Users Message-ID: <3ADC56CF.D3498E5@centtech.com> References: <200104171545.f3HFjKq76155@mail.wsufftrust.org.uk>
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You should check out the man page for sudo, since you can set the NOPASSWD option to not ask for passwords.. Lloyd Palfrey wrote: > > I need to create a user just for adding and removing users, I can't use the existing root or sudo. I can't use sudo > because sudo asks for the current users password, and not root because i would have to change the shell to > program which would render the root account unusable. Basicly I need to create another root acount with > remote access. Could you please advise me on a way of doing this, as security plays a massive job on this > server. > > Thanks > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Anderson anderson@centtech.com Centaur Technology (512) 418-5792 Never have so many understood so little about so much. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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