Hi again
Thanks for all of the replies. Two recommendations were made - dop and sudo.
I couldn't find dop, so we've implemented sudo, and all is working well.
Cheers
Richard
On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, Richard Stevenson wrote:
> Hi all
>
> We're setting up a new server that we will administer, but will be used by
> researchers from all over campus. The system is DU 4.0F with enhanced
> security installed, and we'd like to delegate user administration to a person
> who doesn't have root access. I've been hunting around on the documentation
> CD - I've seen many references to the system administrator and the ISSO, but
> nothing on how to tell the OS that these people have certain rights when it
> comes to user accounts. Does anyone know if DU 4.0F allows this sort of
> delegation, and (if so) exactly how it's set up?
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Richard Stevenson
Systems Engineer, Information Technology Services
Victoria University of Wellington
Phone: +64 4 4635051 Fax: +64 4 4635552
Being a Unix system administrator is like being a tech in a biological warfare
laboratory, except that none of the substances are labeled consistently, any
of the compounds are just as likely to kill you by themselves as they are when
mixed with one another, and it is never clear what distinction is made between
a catastrophic failure in the lab and a successful test in the field.
(--M. Tiemann)
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Received on Tue Nov 02 1999 - 22:12:59 NZDT