Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 23:51:40 -0500 From: Scott Lambert <lambert@lambertfam.org> To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: su and root password Message-ID: <20021114045140.GB82569@laptop.lambertfam.org> In-Reply-To: <002701c28b94$c378f4e0$a977ca41@yogi> References: <002701c28b94$c378f4e0$a977ca41@yogi>
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On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 10:17:36PM -0600, Lewis Watson wrote: > I have a program that ssh's to my machine and needs to do a script that > calls pw useradd. I do not want to give root ssh ability so how can I make a > regular user ssh in and utilize pw useradd as root? I have the script and it > works great as root... I just can't figure out how to get around the > password prompt for su.... > Please pass me some suggestions. > Thanks. First, if you haven't already: Add a dedicated user that is only used for this purpose and is only allowed to ssh in from the, hopefully, one management machine. cd /usr/ports/security/sudo make install read the documentation and configure it sudo such that this one user is allowed to "sudo pw adduser " as root without being asked a password. -- Scott Lambert KC5MLE Unix SysAdmin lambert@lambertfam.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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