> you can get SUDO here http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/
> It's a great freeware program and relatively simple to setup
>
> Tim Williams
> tim.williams.ieny AT statefarm DOT com
>
>
>
>
>
> From:
O1=INET00/C=US/A=IBMX400/P=STATEFARM/DD.RFC-822=ADSM-L\@VM.MARIST.EDU on
> 12/13/99 03:00:22 PM
> To:   ADSM-L
> cc:
> Subject:  Reenv.: Re: Root user using ADSM
>
> Thanks for your help Susan. I will preciate if you ask you AIX admin where
he
> got that tool he used,
> that would be very helpful solving our problem.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Regards.
>
> Gerardo Zapata Gonzalez
> Tivoli Professional Services/ADSM
> IBM de Mexico
> (01 5) 270 5740
> gzapata AT avantel DOT net
>
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>
> Subject:
>         Re: Root user using ADSM
> To:
>         ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> From:
>         Susan Wright <S.Wright AT LABSAFETY DOT COM>
> Date:
>         Mon, 13 Dec 1999 08:02:34 -0600
>
> We also had a similir problem. We use a tool called "sudo". This allows
the
> user to run command line backups with the permissions of root and nothing
> else. Our AIX admin had to set up the command in a file and in another
file
> a list of users to use that command. I am not sure where he got this tool
> but if anyone would like to know let me know and I will ask him.
>
> Susan Wright
> Lab Safety Supply
> Janesville, WI
> S.Wright AT labsafety DOT com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerardo Zapata [mailto:gzapata AT AVANTEL DOT NET]
> Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 5:13 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Root user using ADSM
>
>
> I'm running the ADSM backup/archive client for HP-UX, backing up to an AIX
> ADSM server. As far as I know, only a root user is able to run a succesful
> backup on the client. I wouldn't like root executing the backups due to
the
> restricted access that we have for this user, instead I would like to
create
> a user able to launch the backups. I took a look at the ADSM documentation
> and I found out that it is possible to create an ADSM authorized user for
> this purpouse with the following properties:
>    - Runs with a real uid of 0 (root)
>    - Owns an executable whose owner's execution permission bit is set to
s.
>
> I'm looking for a way to avoid giving my user a real uid of 0, is there
any
> way to create a user that can run adsm backups without being root?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Best regards
>
> Gerardo Zapata Gonzalez
> Tivoli Professional Services/ADSM
> IBM de Mexico
> (01 5) 270 5740
>
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