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From: jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: HELP!!
Keywords: enable disable
Message-ID: <429@ispi.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jan 89 01:05:21 GMT
References: <6932@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>
Reply-To: jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer)
Organization: Intelligent Software Products, Inc.
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In article <6932@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> barton@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Barton Fisk) writes:
>I need a user to be able to run a shell script to disable a serial
>line for dial out.
>
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>
>So, in order for me to be able to run this comm prog (Blast), I 
>must first disable the line or I get an error (comm port in use).
>
>Then after transfer is made, I need this script to re-enable the
>line.
>


One thing you might try is to write a couple of small programs which
would simple call enable and disable with the appropriate uids set. 
That way you can have a setuid program doing the work without letting
anybody become root.

Jb

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