From: Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>
To: kees <kees@schoen.nl>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] exec_via_sudo
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 12:16:22 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010410121622.H1136@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0104101251210.6726-100000@schoen3.schoen.nl>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0104101251210.6726-100000@schoen3.schoen.nl>; from kees@schoen.nl on Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 12:55:29PM +0200
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On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 12:55:29PM +0200, kees wrote:
> Unix/Linux have a lot of daemons that have to run as root because they
> need to acces some specific data or run special programs. They are
> vulnerable as we learn.
> Is there any way to have something like an exec call that is
> subject to a sudo like permission system? That would run the daemons
> as a normal user but allow only for specific functions i.e. NOT A SHELL.
Yeah, exec sudo.
Tim.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-04-10 11:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-04-10 10:55 kees
2001-04-10 11:16 ` Tim Waugh [this message]
2001-04-10 11:36 ` Alexander Viro
2001-04-10 17:04 Jesse Pollard
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