sudo is public domain software for UNIX. It allows you to run a command as 
another userid, e.g.

sudo -u root dsmc backup /

>>> Gerardo Zapata <gzapata AT AVANTEL DOT NET> 12/13/99 04:00PM >>>
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