dns-mgt as non root

[Systeemingenieurs Infoc]

hi, i want to revoke root access for my network admins, and let them administer dns with a non-root user. I have some questions :

1. Is it possible to change ownerships of the /etc/named.data/* - files ?
2. What other files have to be chowned ?
3. What commands should i configure in sudo (sig_named, ...) ?
4. Or is the whole thing a bad idea ?

tia

[eran maor]

Hi

i will not advise you to change all the owner and the primission on this file .
the primision it not cause any problem but changing the owner can cause problem .

i will advise to create a user name for them and let them use the root access with sudo .

sudo is a software ( not HP !! ) that gives you the ablilty to manage users .

you can download the sudo from : http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/

i m also giving you the realese node of the sudo in a file

[Systeemingenieurs Infoc]

defining vi in sudo to edit files, means they can escape from vi and execute commands as root. There've been some threads about this subject in the past.

[Systeemingenieurs Infoc]

Is it better to change the group (netadmin) and the permissions (664)of the files ?

[Rainer von Bongartz]

What about installing webmin.

Download it from

http://www.webmin.com/download.html

and configure to your needs.


Regards
Rainer

[Sachin Patel]

If you changes the owner of that file then you will going to see some funny result.
I have linux server who has dns database own by named and hp has database own by root and there was a problem. as soon as I change linux to root all problem disappear.

If you do so don't forget to change on all secondary servers also. Also create a user on all secondary server as well.

Sachin