Dear Ted,
sudo is the answer for all your questions. It is a
package which comes default with RedHat Linux 7.x series. please try out the
man pages or go to the following url for more information
http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/
Thanks
K.Deepak
Ted Gervais wrote:
> I am wondering about how I can set up good control over the use of 'root'
> and file/directory ownership without hurting too many people.
>
> The situation is , our Club has a Computer that is maintained remotely
> through a dedicated internet link and it seems everyone that has to do
> things on that computer wants ROOT access. For example, the person that
> maintains the WEB page says he cannot do his amendment work etc., without
> root access.
> It was my feeling that only ONE person should have ROOT access and the
> other (sub/administrators)) should have something less than ROOT
> access. Maybe I am getting paranoid here but it seems too many funny
> little things are happening such that is done only by a person with root
> access that there is now a need for better control.
>
> So, if we were going to take away root access from the WEB page
> administrator (for example) could he not still do all his work (remotely)
> with ROOT access?
> In other words assign him a user name and password and maybe attach certain
> group permissions to that user name and have all his web page activities
> run off his user directory? Something like that?? Or should we live with
> the confusion and political unrest that we are having now?? Too many cooks
> in the kitchen right now..
>
> ---
> Ted Gervais,
> Coldbrook, Nova Scotia, Canada
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