useradd for nonroot (was Hi All)

["Rick" <rick@beerdrinker.org>]

install sudo

that will let you allow users to run things as other users, including
root...and you can say what they can and can't run.  sudo rocks.

rick



Sathish C writes:

> 
> Hi All
> 
> I am having debian linux on my machine.
> 
> I want to give permission to create and delete users on my machine,to
> some specified users.
> I tried giving execute permissions on useradd and userdel to those
> users.
> It did not work. Then I set setuid bit and tried. It worked.
> Is this going to have any ill effects?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Bye
> Kilaru


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