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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!newsgate.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!nnrp.info.ucla.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!chip.ucdavis.edu!not-for-mail From: fzshenau@chip.ucdavis.edu (Gregory Shenaut) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Setuid Date: 3 Jul 1996 04:27:05 GMT Organization: University of California, Davis Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4rcsqp$at@mark.ucdavis.edu> References: <61a7cc$c1438.2d6@NEWS> NNTP-Posting-Host: chip.ucdavis.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Mury (mury@goldengate.net) wrote: : I want to : let some part-time workers be able to add users without having root : access, so I believe I have to run a script setuid. If someone could : . . . recommend a . . . way : of accomplishing the same, I would deeply appreciate it. I strongly recommend you get hold of the "sudo" utility (I think from ftp.cs.colorado.edu). This lets you give a certain designated set of users limited super-user privileges, without any need for them knowing the root password. In fact, I'd check first at ftp.bsdi.com--maybe someone has placed a copy there. (I had to make two very minor changes to get it to compile.) -- Greg Shenaut -- gkshenaut@ucdavis.edu