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- From: bobby@dc.dk (Bobby Billingsley)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
- Subject: Re: sudo with hidden password?
- Message-ID: <i3423.722253207@newsie>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 09:53:27 GMT
- References: <Bxz50B.IIB@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Sender: i3423@newsie.dc.dk (Bobby Billingsley)
- Organization: Datacentralen A/S
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- rolf@geoserv (Rolf Wilson) writes:
-
- >I have been using the "sudo" command from the Unix System
- >Administration Handbook by Nemeth/Snyder/Seebass and like it
- >very much. However, I would like to find if someone has a
- >modified version of it that would hide your password instead
- >of displaying it for all to see.
- > Thank you.
-
- We have an extended version of the "priv" program from UnixWorld.
-
- Basically you maintain a list of users allowed to use the program, and
- these users are prompted for their own passwd when executing "priv". "priv"
- will then execute any command as root.
-
- If there is enough interest I can post the sources.
-
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