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Re: user access to network scripts
On Mon, 11 May 1998, Tuvik Beker wrote:
To make a long story short: use sudo, it works, it's simple, and solves
all your problems.
--Ariel
> Hi,
>
> I have a rather strange situation.
> I have to allow user acces on a system to one of the network interfaces.
> More precisely:
> The interface should be connected to one of two networks. The host
> should never be connected to both networks concurrently, and is is
> physically switched between them.
> Each time such a switch is made, the interface should be brought sown,
> then up again with new parameters.
>
> Up to this point there's no specia difficulty. The problem is that the
> whole procedure should be made not only by the superuser, but by a wide
> group of users, possibly all users. The system is physically secured, so
> generally security is considered a secondary issue on it, but this is an
> extreme case.
> I have to allow users to perform the procedure, but would like to
> minimize the changes to permissions of system files.
>
> What's your suggestion for the 'cleanest' way to do this?
>
> Thanks head,
> Tuvik
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