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- Opcom is a program, that enables users, belonging to a special group to
- execute a limited set of commands with another userid or groupid.
- This makes it possible to perform daily system administration tasks without
- having the full privileges of root.
- It is also possible to use opcom to execute shell scripts with privileges
- without having to rely on insecure suid-scripts.
-
-
- Carel Braam
-
- internet: rccarel@urc.tue.nl | Computing Centre
- bitnet: rccarel@heitue5.BITNET | Eindhoven University of Technology
- phone: 040-472158 | Den Dolech 2, P.O. Box 513
- home: 040-810381 | 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
-
-
- INSTALLATION NOTES
- ==================
-
- Before you start off adapt the file config to your local needs.
- All system dependent variables are set between the comment
-
- # *** System dependent variables ***
-
- and the comment
-
- # *** End system dependent variables ***
-
- Currently the following variables can be set:
-
- SYSTEM Set SYSTEM to BSD for bsd systems and to SYSV for system v.
- SYSLOG Set SYSLOG to USE_SYSLOG if you want to report opcom usage via
- syslogd(8) and to NO_SYSLOG otherwise.
- SYSLOG must also be set to NO_SYSLOG if your system does not
- support syslogd(8).
- OPCOMDIR The directory for the files COMMANDS and PROFILE.
- COMMANDS The file containing the commands, that are allowed.
- PROFILE The file containing the profile to be executed.
-
- As well the manual page opcom.1 as sysdep.h are dependent on config.
- To make opcom just enter make.
- The manual page can be created by entering make man.
- Then as super user type "make install" to install opcom and "make installman"
- to install the manual page.
- See the makefile for the definition of the local bin directory and the local
- manual directory.
-
- #++
- # AUTHOR(S)
- #
- # Carel Braam (rccarel@urc.tue.nl)
- # Eindhoven University of Technology
- # Computing Centre
- # Den Dolech 2, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- # CREATION DATE
- # Thu Jan 5 11:25:04 MET 1989
- # LAST MODIFICATION
- # Thu Jan 10 10:02:54 MET 1991
- # VERSION/RELEASE
- # 2.1
- #--
-