Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 14:42:14 -0400 From: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: Darren Pilgrim <list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com> Cc: FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: setting the password of a automatically created account Message-ID: <CAGBxaXkOwKAjJ0jxyzqv9Poh3mwPMeAJOTz6=17GiO92FZyUMw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <522A0A2C.1040703@bluerosetech.com> References: <CAGBxaXnyVyAMcGnbGTHatcgZe8Lc-H4=OenEF0HvPEO4ajgmYA@mail.gmail.com> <52294561.R3v3YVxoTsoMnIfV%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <CAGBxaXkiTnKR6m%2BSuZ4OTbVDgPbNN4wk7q2AsVYXjkYhmv3oxw@mail.gmail.com> <522A0A2C.1040703@bluerosetech.com>
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Sorry not possible due to who the target audience is (no competent admin available)... I found a better solution last night a quick and dirty suid wrapper that calls the right program On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Darren Pilgrim < list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com> wrote: > On 9/5/2013 9:00 PM, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > >> related questions: >> >> 1. How do I add the user to wheel (has it's own group but needs to be in >> wheel for reason number #2)? >> 2. How do I modify (in the safest possible way) an other port's installed >> config file(s) (namely I need to in the case of this port modify >> /usr/local/etc/sudoers to allow the no password option for wheel members)? >> > > The answer to both is you don't. Include documentation telling the admin > exactly what needs special access or elevated priveleges and let the admin > make that happen. If you think something needs root because it needs to > open something in /dev, tell the admin it needs to do something with > /dev/foo. Devd and other mechanisms can provide that without root access. > The same idea applies to almost all of what people typically think > requires root access. >
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