On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 10:20 PM, Madan Thapa <madan.feedback@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 10:08 PM, Rohit khaladkar < > rohit.khaladkar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi All! >> Just wanted to know if there is a way to find out if the logged in user >> has >> the permission to create a new user in Red hat linux. I guess one way >> would >> be to check in the sudoers file. >> >> Please let me know if anyone has any other ideas. >> > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Well, sudousers is the file to check for. > In case you want to restrict all except root user from creating accounts, following should work: > > chmod 750 /usr/sbin/useradd > > > example:- > ----------------- > server5@server5 [~]# ll /usr/sbin/useradd > -rwxr-x--- 1 root root 56232 Jul 25 11:36 /usr/sbin/useradd* > server5@server5 [~]# /usr/sbin/useradd testing > -bash: /usr/sbin/useradd: Permission denied > server5@server5 [~]# > > > > > > > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
