Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!grr From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: opser on a workstation Keywords: operator opser workstation Message-ID: <7643@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 12 Aug 89 19:57:41 GMT References: <704@larry.sal.wisc.edu> Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 27 In article <704@larry.sal.wisc.edu> cathy@larry.sal.wisc.edu (Cathy Accettura) writes: > I have a Vaxstation 3100 running Ultrix-32 V3.0 (Rev 64) UWS V2.0. > I want to login as operator to shut the system down without becoming > root and doing a shutdown. I tried login in as operator and typing > the operator passwd. After a minute of turning my screen to gray > and giving me a pointer it returns me to the login screen again. This simplest answer here is simply not to bother with opser at all. Change the /bin/shutdown program so that it is suid root, and readable/ exectable only by group "operator". Then add your or your "operator" logins to an /etc/group line for operator. After doing this, any of them can invoke shutdown directly, without haveing to "become" root. as: su chgrp operator /bin/shutdown chmod 4750 /bin/shutdown Modify the general notions as appropriate to your own sites notions of security and who has privileges... -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@uunet.uu.net Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)