Why not give specific users sudo access to certain functions....I have several users who have sudo access to add users and change passwords and nothing else. -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Scully Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 4:49 PM To: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list' Subject: SU Priviledges Greetings: I have an application where I need to prompt a user for the root password so that they can do some administrative function (kill dead users, other's print jobs, etc.). I don't want to execute an 'su' since I don't want to create a new shell - I want to continue within my application. I've noticed on the gnome console that when regular users are logged in and select an administrative function that requires root access, the session and prompt them for it and carry on. Does anyone know how this is done? Is this possible from within a character shell? Scully -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
