Re: User mode configuration?

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Solomon Peachy wrote:
>'sudo' asks for the user password, not the root password.
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>You can configure sudo to run with no password either, and you can also=20
>lock down sudo so that it only allows that user to run that one command.
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>But back to your original question -- technially, all network configurat=
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>requires the ADMIN capability, usually only available to root.  Your dis=
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>network scripts use some setuid trickery to work around this so mere use=
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>can up/down network interfaces, but not configure them directly.
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>  - Solomon.
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Well, suddenly, some things actually make sense. I will see what I can
make of sudo. Thank you.
-- D-cat

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