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From: greg@cityzoo.acs.umbc.edu (Greg Sylvain,Lib 007,3929,4376834)
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Subject: How can I give users root-like privs. w/o the passwd ?
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Date: 20 Dec 89 15:35:50 GMT
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Subject: How can I give users root-like privs, w/o the passwd ?
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	Hi,

	I've run into a bit of a snag, I'm sure other people have had to do 
this, so here it goes.  I would like to give some specific users root-like
privs. to execute some privaledge commands.  But,  I don't want to give
them the root passwd, I think that's too much.  I specifically want to
give a user privaledge to mount a fs, and to halt (shutdown) the system in the
event of an emergency.  I tried setting up a newgrp for these users, and 
cvhanging the mod and group of the respective files.  But it didn't work, ( or
I may have missed a file) ?  Any suggestions ?


	Also, on an unrelated topic, I have a user that wants to boot a SUN386i
from his HP workstation.  (Using the HP as the server).  Do you think this can
be done, I din't think so, but I thought I'd give it a whirle.  (He wants to
use a HP9000s300 model 370, running HP-UX 6.5 for the cluster server, and the 
SUN386i as a cnode)



				Thanks
					Greg


				Greg Sylvain
				Academic Computing Services
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