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User mode configuration?
user name
2006-12-21 16:38:04
Solomon Peachy wrote:
>'sudo' asks for the user password, not the root
password.
>
>You can configure sudo to run with no password either,
and you can also 
>lock down sudo so that it only allows that user to run
that one command.
>
>But back to your original question -- technially, all
network configuration 
>requires the ADMIN capability, usually only available to
root.  Your distro 
>network scripts use some setuid trickery to work around
this so mere users 
>can up/down network interfaces, but not configure them
directly.
>
>  - Solomon.
>


Well, suddenly, some things actually make sense. I will see
what I can
make of sudo. Thank you.
-- D-cat

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