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Ted Powell (ted@eslvcr.fireplug.net)
Fri, 15 Jan 1999 14:26:23 -0800
On Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 02:18:44PM -0800, Dave Michelson wrote:
> R Garth Wood wrote:
> >
> > ifconfig up|down can only be done as root (obviously) and ppl should never
> > have to do anything that requires root privs in normal operations.
> > For example this might be the family machine with everyone having
> > an account. Giving everyone root might not be wise.
The edit dialog for an ethernet interface, in netcfg, has a checkbox for
allowing any user to enable/disable the interface. This presumably sets
something somewhere that is consulted by an suid utility.
> Well, even mounting/unmounting removable media requires root privileges
> the last time I looked. [...]
/etc/fstab has a "user" option.
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ted@psg.com http://psg.com/~ted/ (Ted Powell)
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
--Philip K. Dick
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