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Re: Help with users and grps in unix...
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Tue, 31 Jul 2001 19:48:12 GMT
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On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 07:26:36PM +0000, Matthew Miller wrote:
> Dan Boger <dan@peeron.com> wrote:
> > to add users to a group, you have to be able to edit the /etc/group file
> > - which (on any sane system), only root can do.
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> Actually, check out the 'gpasswd' command from the linux shadow-utils suite.
> This allows non-root users to be defined as group administrators, and these
> people can add and remove people from their groups.
sure enough, that'll work - I never knew of that :) Of course, it's an
suid proggie, so that's always something to be wary of, even when you
can't avoid it...
Thanks for the tip!
--
Dan Boger
dan@peeron.com
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| (...) Actually, check out the 'gpasswd' command from the linux shadow-utils suite. This allows non-root users to be defined as group administrators, and these people can add and remove people from their groups. (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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