SU Priveledges

[Carlo Henrico_1]

I have created a user called operator which automatically starts up a menu to perform certain tasks. However these tasks require an su to be performed in certain instances and in this case a password is required. What must I do to the operator profile so that it will not require a password when doing an su to another user?

Or is there another way to do this? I typically want to start and stop the Oracle database for example.

Thank you.

[MARTINACHE · Accepted solution]

Try to look at the tool : sudo

[MARTINACHE]

You can find at ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/sysadmin/sudo

[Victor BERRIDGE]

You can dowload sudo from on eof the numerous HP porting and archive centers like:
http://hpux.csc.liv.ac.uk/

Good luck

[James R. Ferguson]

Carlo:

Unless you are root (in reality uid=0) then to 'su' to another user will always require an interactive prompt for the password.

The 'sudo' utility is one common, safe work-around. Another, dangerous, one is a set-uid script or C-program.

...JRF...

[Carlo Henrico_1]

Patrice/Victor/James

Thanks a lot, this is super-cute!

Works like a bomb...

[Rick Garland]

As a word of caution, setup the sudoers file to limit who has access to the su rights.
By default, this is not done and anyone who is not specifically limited in this capability will have the access to the root.