Re: Starting programs as another user

• To: Craig Thomas <cjtinhp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: Starting programs as another user
• From: Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@xxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 18:00:17 +0200
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On 10/9/05, Craig Thomas <cjtinhp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have little to no experience with KDE.
>
> However, If you need to run a command as another user the sudoers file
> is your friend. Please read the sudoers man page:
>
> $ man sudoers
>
> It was designed for this exact purpose. You will want to use the
> NOPASSWD keyword.
>
> Craig

Thanks. I was looking for this. I was stuck on sudo for some reason.

Dotan
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• References:
  • Starting programs as another user
    • From: Dotan Cohen
  • Re: Starting programs as another user
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