On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 07:02, Kelerion wrote: > guys and gals... > > I have a small problem and am hoping someone can help me out with it.. > > A few weeks ago my boss requested root access to one of our webservers.. > I didn't like the idea but didn't have much of a choice.. so he got it.. > > Now he has a disturbing habit of changing the root password on me and > forgetting what he set it to (he thinks this is a good thing for security)
This is what sudo is for. If he insists on having root, but can't remember root's password, just give him the ability to escalate his permissions. If he doesn't want to enter extra passwords, and you're ok with it, add the following to your /etc/sudoers file (assuming you've installed the sudo package): username ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL Of course, replace "username" with your boss' username. This setup will allow him to run anything as root, but he won't have to know root's password. Of course, *I* would never do this, but I'm not in the position to *have* to. :) -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
