Re: Administrative rights for special task
try this...
man sudo
sudo allows a user to perform a specific action with
root priveliges.
HTH,
-Jason
--- Debian Users <debian-user@lists.debian.org> wrote:
> Dear List,
>
> I would like to give a regular user the rights to do
> the following on a
> Debian system:
>
> 1) Install a (secure) ldap server
> 2) Test the server
> 3) Fill in the address "data base" for this server
>
> Question: Does this user need full root privileges
> on this machine? Even
> though this is only a test machine, I would rather
> not have him the rights
> to change passwords and see users files.
>
> My hunch is, there is no other way but lending him
> full root access, but I
> would be delighted to hear your wisdom!
>
> Regards, Stefan
>
>
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