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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Question about method for running w/root
From:       "Michael P. Jarreau" <mike () JACtrls ! com>
Date:       2001-03-30 3:36:41
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Would suid do the trick?  Set the program to be owned by root with
read/execute access by everyone.  Then use suid (man suid, I think) to mark
the program as suid (using that program--suid) and whenever the program ran,
the OS would assume it was root.  However, beware that this potentially
exposes your system to all sorts of security issues, you would need to speak
with a security expert to consider those.

Best of luck,
Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "George Staikos" <staikos@kde.org>
To: <kde-devel@kde.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 8:06 PM
Subject: Question about method for running w/root


>
>    klaptopdaemon now has builtin PCMCIA support for Linux.  However this
> requires root access in order to run.  I don't like the idea of the user
> having to type in a root password in order to run this upon login though.
> For my own purposes, I'm using sudo so that I"m not prompted.  This still
> isn't ideal, especially because the user has to edit the sudoers file.  Is
> there a way to get kdesu to do this?  Or would it be a good idea to
support
> calling sudo and having a sudoers editor?
>
> --
>
> George Staikos
>
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