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hector
Hi all,
I am looking for an approach to adapt for allowing non root users to
access application(s) (some specific ones) that were installed with
root privileges. I cannot adapt an approach in which the user
intervention is required(the 'su' coomand one) as well as would not
look for something that will compromise the security of the application
and the system as well.
I Thought of creating a group and assigning it read-and-execute rights
for the application(s) but as with root install, the application will
reside in the general default install dirs (/etc/ , /lib/ , etc) this
will require giving execute rights (for browsing thru the directories)
and may eventually cause some security threats. Please do comment upon
this apporach, pointing out flaws in it.
Any other idea/appraoch suggested would only help me in evaluating
things in a better way.
Regards,
Hector
I am looking for an approach to adapt for allowing non root users to
access application(s) (some specific ones) that were installed with
root privileges. I cannot adapt an approach in which the user
intervention is required(the 'su' coomand one) as well as would not
look for something that will compromise the security of the application
and the system as well.
I Thought of creating a group and assigning it read-and-execute rights
for the application(s) but as with root install, the application will
reside in the general default install dirs (/etc/ , /lib/ , etc) this
will require giving execute rights (for browsing thru the directories)
and may eventually cause some security threats. Please do comment upon
this apporach, pointing out flaws in it.
Any other idea/appraoch suggested would only help me in evaluating
things in a better way.
Regards,
Hector