[aclug-L] Re: starting pppd by a normal user

[Jeff <schaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 19 Sep 1999, phrostie wrote:

> there is a utillity that will give certain users certain root
> privilages. most of the time such packages are more trouble than
> they're worth.

I find 'sudo' very helpful and useful.  It lets you be very
fine-grained about access.  hostname, command name, user/group
memberships, handy aliases, etc.  It logs them all, so you can go back
later and recover from a mess if need be O:)

-jeff
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