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Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 20:25:32 -0500 (EST)
From: Jason Andresen <jandrese@vt.edu>
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Subject: Re: chmod, chown, and shutdown.
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On Thu, 20 Mar 1997, K. Marsh wrote:

Look for a program called "sudo".

=)My roomate uses my computer to check his e-mail and do a little web
=)browsing in FreeBSD, as well as to use Word, Excel, and other expensive
=)programs in that other operating system.
=)
=)How can I give him the ability to issue "shutdown" without giving him root
=)privileges?
=)
=)I am aware that it may be a security hole, but he's not going to hack my
=)system. I just don't want him to able to destroy everything by accident.
=)
=)I tried using chmod and chown on the binary, but even when he owns it and
=)it's in 777 mode, it doesn't execute.
=)
=)I'm using 2.2-RELEASE if it makes any difference.
=)
=)Thanks,   Ken Marsh
=)
=)

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