Re: Anything against set suid amflush?
2003-02-07 13:55:35
I'd thought that was what amruntar and amrundump where for, those
are already suid ??
> I'm setting up amanda in a company where the everyday operations of tape
> rotations etc. will be performed by little less than savy users, I got a
> system going with a tape changer and amanda's email works perfect for the
> task.
>
> The only problem is that occasionally backups will spread over tapes on
> different chargers and I'd prefer to let them flush in the morning rather
> than reorganize tapes in chargers.
>
> To keep it short, I want a regular user to be able to run amflush without
> logging as a more privileged user (I'm even thinking about putting an Icon on
> their desktop to do that :) )
>
> I chmodded u+s and o-x /usr/sbin/amflush and added the user to the group.
>
> Any security concerns?
>
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>
> Riccardo Parola
> RPWebworks
> Custom WebSolutions
> http://www.rpwebworks.com
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