Thanks! I actually heard about the sudo method. But could a normal user do anything harmful or see any sensitive information in our system. it is for a third party operator to just restart the service. Can we restrict a user to just issue a command or not allow it to issue some command ? --- Hari N <hari2n@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 6/21/05, M E Fieu <sibu168@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi..Is there a way to restrict a normail unix for example unix1 to its > > HOME directory /home/unix1/ > > with going anywhere but still allow it to start and stop the some service > > like apache? > > /etc/init.d/httpd stop/start. > > > > Yes, it is possible to do this by giving root privileges to the user to > execute only specific commands. To do this, edit the /etc/sudoers file using > the command - visudo. Follow the syntax as specified in that file. > > -- > Hari > http://hari.accosted.net > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list