asroot command

[Tomek_1]

Hi
I'd like to know is there any command like asroot (in SCO) to execute some command (like shutdown or kill) as user root

Rgds

[Jean-Luc Oudart]

For some specific functions we had to write a small "C" pgm that calls the command / script.
We then change the set owner bit (chmod +s) to become this user.
In some instances we have to call the setuid() function in the "C" pgm.

We put ACLs on the executable.

This works fine.

Jean-Luc

[Pete Randall]

You should look into "sudo", available from the porting and archive center.

Pete

[steven Burgess_2]

Hi

There are no specific commands but

To allow a user to shut the system down you can use the sam builder to assign some of the sam functions to a user. As root run sam -r

Unix uses SUID and SGID bits on file permissions to all the users executing a command to have priviliges of root for the time the command is executed

for eg

The passwd command

-r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin 86016 Jan 9 1998 /usr/bin/passwd

Has the SUID set which allows the user to have the priviliges of the owner and modify the /etc/passwd file

HTH

Steve

[Pete Randall]

Here's the "sudo" url for you:
http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Sysadmin/sudo-1.6.6/

Pete