User Creation

manoj.linux · 09-13-2007, 11:50 PM

Hi,

I want to create one Normal user who can change only root password

jlliagre · 09-14-2007, 02:23 AM

Please elaborate. If that user can change root's password, then he/she can login as root later and do anything on the system.

mdhmi · 09-15-2007, 09:21 PM

Well, there are a couple of ways of doing this.

1) Configure sudo for useradd.
2) Configure an RBAC profile.
3) Assign your new user a UID of 0 (this is a terrible idea)

manoj.linux · 09-15-2007, 11:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mdhmi

Well, there are a couple of ways of doing this.

1) Configure sudo for useradd.
2) Configure an RBAC profile.
3) Assign your new user a UID of 0 (this is a terrible idea)

Hi Mdhmi,

Thanks for your quick response, I dont want option of UID 0 instead sudo and RBAC option will be OK,

But wheather I need to install SUDO on solaris 9,10? Which file I have to edit.

In RBAC How to create that user who has having only changing root password right?

jlliagre · 09-16-2007, 02:51 AM

Please explain what you mean by "who can change only root password".

Is the user allowed to do regular things unrelated to changing passwords ?

Is the user allowed to change his/her own password ?

Is the previous root password known by the user ?

What is the point of the whole thing, the user being able to log in as root and do anything after the change ?

archtoad6 · 10-25-2007, 09:26 AM

Just ran across this in an old 0-reply e-mail?

Interesting goal.

Why do you want to do this, i.e. what do you want to accomplish?