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On May 5, 2008, at 6:17 PM, doug wrote:

> To give limited priviledges I think sudo (as in linux??) would be  
> used.

I concur that sudo is really a very good way of managing privileges.   
I don't even know the root passwords on the systems that I administer  
(OK, I do have them stored in a nice secured place if I ever do need  
them).

Cheers,

-j