SWAT users other than root

[Chris G Haravata]

You can try creating a user giving making him a member of the root 
group...

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> - Just remember that the user you give SWAT away to is only a 'root
> - preexec' away from being root, so this might not be what you want.
> 
> The alternative is to hand him the root password so the net effect is 
the
> same.  If I can add "root preexec" as 'pseudo' root I can add it as 
the
> 'real' root.  I am trying to arrange things -- mostly with sudo -- so 
that
> the root password is only needed in emergencies.
> 
> If there is another way to allow editing the smb.conf file without 
giving
> away root I am all ears.   In any case.  I am not handing this to some
> win-feeb.  The other admin is UNIX savvy (and my boss so I don't have 
much
> choice).
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Spawn -- the Scourge of the Dammed

Chris G Haravata
Backend Team Leader
IT Resources
Asia Pacific College
#3 Humabon Place,
Magallanes Village,
1232 Makati City
Tel 8529232 loc 402