Re: Super.tab syntax

[Brandon Mitchell <bhmit1@mail.wm.edu>]

On Sun, 19 Apr 1998, C.L.Daugaard wrote:

> Using super, I'd like to enable certain users to execute the following:
> 
>     echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
> 
> I've given super privilege for this exact string in super.tab, and running
> super with the -d flag confirms it, but when the user tries the command he gets
> 
>     [name of script invoking 'super (cmd)']: /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward: Permission denied

Have you tried escaping the shell characters:
	echo \"1\" \> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

HTH,
Brandon

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