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Old 11-26-2009, 09:32 AM   #1
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Security using consolehelper and pam


Hi! I want to allow users to run the command wvdial as root. I am thinking in use consolehelper and pam to do this. This is a security way to this this?
 
Old 11-26-2009, 06:44 PM   #2
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Actually, you need sudo/sudoers :

http://linux.die.net/man/8/sudo
http://linux.die.net/man/5/sudoers
http://linux.die.net/man/8/visudo
 
  


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