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

[phrostie <phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

that what i was trying to think of

Jeff wrote:

> 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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