SWAT users other than root

[Andrew Bartlett]

> "Carville, Stephen 1065" wrote:
> 
> I have searched the archives and keep reading allusions to people
> using swat as other that root but I cannot get it to work.  I have set
> the perms on /etc/samba/smb.conf to 664 with ownership of root:root.
> I have put my regular username in the root group and verified I can
> log in and edit smb.conf using vi.  However, when I log in as myself
> via SWAT, I get read only access and cannot change anything.  I need
> to allow at least on other person to use SWAT on several boxen and I
> would really prefer not to have to give out root passwords.
> 
> Can a user other than root edit smb.conf via SWAT without giving it
> all away (like -a or suid)?
> 

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.

Andrew Bartlett
abartlet at pcug.org.au

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Andrew Bartlett
abartlet at pcug.org.au