Thanks
On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Darryl Harvey wrote:
> At 10:09 AM 2/03/2001, you wrote:
> >how do you setup the sudo file
> >so that a particular user
> >can mount drives.
> >
> >i looked in the sudoers file in /etc/sudoers
> >and man but looks criptic in the man.
> >
> >
> >that is.
> >
> >mount -t smb //Windows /mnt/Windows -o username=someuser
>
>
> From the MAN page, I get the example;
>
> ALL CDROM = NOPASSWD: /sbin/umount /CDROM,\
> /sbin/mount -o nosuid\,nodev /dev/cd0a /CDROM
>
> Any user may mount or unmount a CD-ROM on the machines in the CDROM
> Host_Alias (orion, perseus, hercules)
> without entering a password. This is a bit tedious for users to
> type, so it is a prime candiate for
> encapsulating in a shell script.
>
>
> So in your sudoers file, you need the entry;
>
> ALL ALL = NOPASSWD: /sbin/mount, /sbin/umount
>
> ** This will allow ANY user to run the mount & umount command without the
> need for a passwd.
> This is in it's simplest form and is open to lots of nailing down and
> improving.
>
>
> ## NOTE: use visudo to edit the /etc/sudoers file
>
> Hope this helps
> Darryl
>
_______________________________________________
Redhat-list mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
