topic Re: root permissions (sudo ?) in Operating System - HP-UX

root permissions (sudo ?)

A Pandey — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:46:37 GMT

hi,

would like to allow one of our printer operators to be able to 'cancel' print jobs, which needs root privileges. i thought of using sudo. is this the right way to go?

also could not find /etc/sudoers?

do i need to install it?

thanks, abhimanyu.

Re: root permissions (sudo ?)

Victor BERRIDGE — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:50:40 GMT

Hi,
You would have to download sudo from you favorite archive/porting center...
But wouldnt a restricted sam do?
(I dont know Im no more connected to a HP box)

All the best
Victor

Re: root permissions (sudo ?)

TwoProc — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:51:01 GMT

Two options:
1) set up sudo (yes you have to download it) and do exactly what you're saying.
2) set up the printer(s) so that they may be cancellable by anyone, so that your user could do it. This is useful in some cases where almost no-one actually logs into a server, rather the connections are almost all to a database instead. In that case this option can at times be feasible.

Re: root permissions (sudo ?)

Pete Randall — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:51:05 GMT

You can install sudo from here:

http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/Sysadmin/sudo-1.6.8p12/

You could also use restricted SAM - see the man page for SAM. You enter restrected SAM setup by entering "sam -r". You can then select the user and the sam tasks you want them to be able to perform.

Pete

Re: root permissions (sudo ?)

DCE — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:52:46 GMT

sudo will do what you want. you can find it here:

http://gatekeep.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/

another (not as secure) option is to set up up restricted SAM to give the operator cancel rights ( sam -r to configuure restricted sam)

Re: root permissions (sudo ?)

DCE — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:54:05 GMT

Re: root permissions (sudo ?)

A Pandey — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:58:17 GMT

thanks to all of you.

regards,

abhimanyu.

Re: root permissions (sudo ?)

A Pandey — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:59:34 GMT

ty all