topic Re: user modify questions in Operating System - HP-UX

user modify questions

CharliePuyol — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:51:04 GMT

I got two user modify questions:

- I want to give a user the root privileges, is there any way to give it withouth modifying the User ID.

- Is there a way to give an user two user ids?

Thanks!

Charlie Puyol Cabeza de Vaca Terrance

Re: user modify questions

James R. Ferguson — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:25:03 GMT

Hi Charlie:

> I want to give a user the root privileges, is there any way to give it withouth modifying the User ID.

You could set 'sudo' such that the times your user needs privileges it's granted. You could also make a 'setuid' wrapper for the particular command you need to run.

> Is there a way to give an user two user ids?

No, it's the UID (number) that matters. The UID is mapped to a name for the convenience of humans.

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: user modify questions

vishnu.khandare — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 02:58:25 GMT

1) Replace the user id 0 as root in /etc/passwd file in tht users line to grant root access to other as root privileges.
2)user ids are specific cant be two.

Re: user modify questions

Kapil Jha — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 03:12:38 GMT

Its better to use sudo rather than assigning UID as 0.

if this is a regular practice and u can afford 3rd party software.....go for powerbroker etc.

BR,
Kapil+

Re: user modify questions

Hakki Aydin Ucar — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 05:03:35 GMT

Hi,

I agree with JRF for the first question, use sudo.

and besides, if you have SAM ( OS version 11iv3 has no longer SAM as far as I know)
you can use Restricted SAM;

# # sam â r

## Invoke the Restricted SAM Builder. This
enables the system administrator to provide
limited non-superuser access to SAM functionality.

Re: user modify questions

nightwich — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:23:38 GMT

Hi Charlie

Give a try for RBAC.

Regards.

Re: user modify questions

Viktor Balogh — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:15:54 GMT

> Is there a way to give an user two user ids?

No. Go either for RBAC, or add the users in question to a common group, and add group-wide permissions to the files.