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Re: sudo replacement (or: Guy Keren wrote about sockets, not about FIFOs)



On Sat, 19 Dec 1998, Omer Zak wrote:

> In the world of Slackware and Linux 1.2.13, there used to be a command
> called 'sudo' which allowed mortal users to issue certain commands, which
> are usually reserved to the Almighty Superuser.
> However, due to unfathomable and mysterious reasons, this command
> disappeared from RedHat Linux 5.1 (kernel version 2.0.34).

You can find it at:
http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/admin/su/sudo-1.2-shadow.tgz

> 
> So I am trying to develop a server-client implementation, which replaces
> the functionality of sudo.

Well, creativity is nice, but since there is a written product already
out, and you even know the name of it, it is much much easier to just
search for it (It took me one search of the word sudo at metalab (well,
you also have to know where to search :) )) to find the place.
> 
> My questions are as follows:
> 1. For check of my sanity - why did sudo disappear from RedHat 5.1?
I don't know about RedHat (I use Debian and it has a sudo package), but I
don't believe that it doesn't have a sudo package. 
> 3. Are there any other good solutions to the problem of letting an ordinary
>    user issue certain commands, which are usually subjected to Superuser
>    privileges?
Yes, sudo. There is a commercial product, but I don't remember the name. I
think it has Z in the name.

Liran.
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