permission to a specific user

squirrel001 · 02-06-2008, 10:28 AM

Hello,
I want to give executable permission to a single specific user. Is it possible to do that. thanks.

bigrigdriver · 02-06-2008, 11:05 AM

Add the username to /etc/sudoers file along with the commands the user should be allowed to use. Then all the user has to do is give the command: sudo <commandname> [command options].

mahmoud · 02-06-2008, 11:05 AM

use sudo and you can also edit the permissions in the /etc/password file not advisable

roy_lt_69 · 02-06-2008, 08:57 PM

Do you want to allow one user to be able to execute all commands (like root)?
Or to execute one command or file?

You could create a new group and add that user as the only member, then give that group executable permission to whatever file you want to execute.

squirrel001 · 02-07-2008, 07:14 PM

i am not the root. i can give permission to my group or others. but i want to give one member of a group to give view and execution permission. is it possible?

squirrel001 · 02-07-2008, 07:42 PM

little bit addition: i want to give execution permission of a file to a specific user.

billymayday · 02-07-2008, 07:48 PM

Can't you just set the ownership of that file to the specific user and only let that user execute that file

ie
chown username filename
chmod u+x,g-x,o-x filename

or even

chown username filename
chmod 700 filename

or something like that

squirrel001 · 02-07-2008, 07:49 PM

thanks, i'll try that.

SlowCoder · 02-07-2008, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by billymayday

chown username filename
chmod 700 filename

Since he's not root, wouldn't this permanently revoke HIS permissions to that file at all? He'd be changing ownership, AND changing access permissions for Group and Other to 0.