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- From: johnb@edge.cis.mcmaster.ca (John Benjamins)
- Subject: Re: Need to let Non-Root use Mount
- Message-ID: <1992Dec17.154815.2068@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
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- References: <hq8qvm+@lynx.unm.edu> <1992Dec9.103219.15507@uts.uni-c.dk> <1992Dec11.092243.27234@cs.utwente.nl>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 15:48:15 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec11.092243.27234@cs.utwente.nl> ahoekstr@cs.utwente.nl (Andre D. Hoekstra) writes:
- >
- >Nobody pointed out that suid-root shell scripts are BAD PRACTICE, and
- >nobody handed this *flexible* solution: try archie and look for sudo..
- >
-
- I have looked at sudo and a similar program called op. I find op to
- be much easier to use, maintain and configure. There was an article
- on op in one of the LISA Conference Proceedings (I think it was for
- LISA III, I can't check since I'm not in my office).
- --
- // E. John Benjamins -- <johnb@edge.cis.mcmaster.ca>
- // "Facts are simple and facts are straight. Facts are lazy and facts are late.
- \\ Facts all come with points of view. Facts don't do what I want them to."
- \\ - David Byrne (Talking Heads)
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