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From: tcm@sun.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Re: Another kind of su program (source)
Message-ID: <13128@sun.uucp>
Date: Wed, 11-Feb-87 21:59:30 EST
Article-I.D.: sun.13128
Posted: Wed Feb 11 21:59:30 1987
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References: <4055@caip.RUTGERS.EDU> <912@aicchi.UUCP>
Reply-To: tcm@sun.UUCP (Terrence Miller)
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View
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Keywords: su, system security

A quick and easy way to get most of the advantages of improved su programs
involves only adding new entries to /etc/passwd.  An example file might be:

root:*:0:1: .....
tcmsu:khjasdfghjdf:0:1: .......
tcm:mvbnczxvczxv:100:110: .......

Each person entitled to be root gets two entries in /etc/passwd

Some paranoid shell scripts which check for userid "root" cause problems,
but I was able to work as system administrator for an HP-UX (Sys V flavor)
set up as above.


                               Terrence Miller
                               tcm@sun.com