From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 12 14:48:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA04523 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 14:48:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pau-amma.whistle.com (s205m64.whistle.com [207.76.205.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA04518 for ; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 14:48:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dhw@whistle.com) Received: (from dhw@localhost) by pau-amma.whistle.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id OAA29147; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 14:46:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dhw) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 14:46:30 -0800 (PST) From: David Wolfskill Message-Id: <199811122246.OAA29147@pau-amma.whistle.com> To: fabry@panam.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: different su oand root password In-Reply-To: <00ff01be0e89$f9e18f10$5531d5c6@earth.coserve.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >From: "Alain G. Fabry" >Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 16:15:36 -0600 >Is there any way I give users an su password that is different that the root >password? Not sure if this addresses your concerns & requirements, but you might try "sudo". That will allow (specified) users root authority by using their own passwords. david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message