[NTLUG:Discuss] Add and modify users

Jay Urish j at dalwan.net
Thu Mar 2 17:18:08 CST 2000


I betcha sudo could be a solution for this..

the only problem i could see is that passwd is a stupid proggy. they could 
still hose the root password..

Maybe what you need is a script that would ask for the username and then 
feed that to passwd via sed or awk..

At 09:00 AM 3/2/00 , you wrote:
>Is there a way to setup someone so they can add and modify users without
>the root password.
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>I work with idiots....and they keep trashing the root password, instead of
>modifying their user password.
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Jay Urish
Network Engineer - Dallas Wide Area Networking L.L.C
www.dalwan.net





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