topic Re: uid in Operating System - HP-UX

uid

Jiri D — Mon, 23 Apr 2001 08:18:00 GMT

Hi everybody,
I want to enable user xxx run command with uid root,how can I do it?

Thanks

Jirid

Re: uid

Thierry Poels_1 — Mon, 23 Apr 2001 08:24:21 GMT

hi,
you have some options:
- tell him the root password (worst option)
- sudo utility which allows users to execute programs as root
- chmod +s which forces the program to be executed as the owner of the program.

regards,
Thierry.

Re: uid

Vincenzo Restuccia — Mon, 23 Apr 2001 08:26:18 GMT

Edit a C script with command of root and chmod 4501.

Re: uid

Paula J Frazer-Campbell — Mon, 23 Apr 2001 08:26:55 GMT

Hi
Another option is to use restricted sam (sam -r), see man sam.

Paula

Re: uid

Jiri D — Mon, 23 Apr 2001 08:33:36 GMT

Hi Thierry,

What is utility sudo? Where I find it.

Jirid

Re: uid

Thierry Poels_1 — Mon, 23 Apr 2001 08:42:06 GMT

hi,
for more info of sudo go to:
http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/sudo.html

good luck,
Thierry.

Re: uid

Tim D Fulford — Mon, 23 Apr 2001 09:41:37 GMT

Hi,

There is one more option, BELOW the entry for root add the user xxx and make the uid 0!!! THIS does have weird effects when resolving who logged in as what. i.e. "who" may give user xxx & root logging in, but "last" will only recognise root. all the files created by xxx will be owned by root, no way 'round this one. It basically comes down to wheter a process is resolving uid to username or username to uid in the password file, as now they will give different answers!

personally speaking, sudo is the best but requires some setting up. This is a quick short term patch!

Tim