Account disable

[Manuel_8]

Hello Guys,
I want excute /usr/lbin/modprpw command with user different from root.
For Example
I have an account disable on machine and I want rest its with /usr/lbin/modprpw -k root command, but I can use this command ONLY if I'm a superuser.
If somebody know another method to resolving this problem, please tell me.

Thanks

[Bart_6]

try the setuid flag but be awre of the potential security risks.

[Alex Glennie]

see http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/

"Sudo (superuser do) allows a system administrator to give certain users (or groups of users) the ability to run some (or all) commands as root while logging all commands and arguments. Sudo operates on a per-command basis,"

[harry d brown jr]

If you don't have sudo, get it from here:

http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/Sysadmin/sudo-1.6.6/


live free or die
harry

[Kellogg Unix Team]

If you have sudo installed on your server, you can selectively give this privelege to some users to execute these commands.

Rgds
...Manjeet

[harry d brown jr]

sudo ?

or

Make the script setuid to root

live free or die
harry

[Wodisch]

Hi,

add that command line to your SAM's options, then use "sam -r" to permit the plain user to have use ONLY that single option within SAM, and then tell him/her to use SAM...

FWIW,
Wodisch