Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 22:01:09 -0400 From: Tom McLaughlin <tmclaugh@sdf.lonestar.org> To: adstro@stny.rr.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Allowing Users To Set Date Message-ID: <1089421003.763.10.camel@compass.straycat.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <55c4d755d26f.55d26f55c4d7@nyroc.rr.com> References: <55c4d755d26f.55d26f55c4d7@nyroc.rr.com>
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On Fri, 2004-07-09 at 10:50, adstro@stny.rr.com wrote: > Is there a way that I can allow a user to set the system time without allowing them to su to root? I can do things using sudo, but I was wondering if there was a way without using third party software. > > Thanks > Adam > sudo is an _excellent_ tool for giving non-root users limited privileges. Just because it's not in the FreeBSD base don't hold anything against it. I use it on my FreeBSD boxes so I can install ports and update the machines without needing root. On my OpenBSD box (where sudo is part of the base) I set root's shell back to csh, not tcsh like FreeBSD uses, to make logging in as root so uncomfortable that it forces me to write a sudo permission for repetitive tasks. :) Tom
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