> Hi Mike > > Thank you for your reply. > > I will try to teach to my customer to use the command line; however, as > he has never worked with Linux (he has got Windows XP and I am trying to > push him, along with other customers, to switch to Linux), I am not so > sure he can do that. > > Do you know how this can be done working in a graphical environment such > as Gnome? > > > Mike Burger ha scritto: >> You could give him access via sudo. >> >> username ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:/bin/rpm >> username ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:/usr/bin/yum >> >> Then, all he has to do is issue: >> >> sudo /bin/rpm -ivh package-he-wants.to.install.rpm >> >> sudo /usr/bin/yum update >> >> sudo /usr/bin/yum package-he-wants.to.install >> >>> Hi everybody >>> >>> I have a PC running Fedora 9 that I have to lend to a customer for a >>> limited period. >>> >>> I would like him to be able to install updates and to install and >>> remove >>> programs without giving him the root password. >>> >>> Is it possible, and if it is what do I have to do? >>> >>> Thanks in advance for your replies. I seem to recall a past thread, on this list, regarding gnome-sudo or some such. You might want to try searching the archives, or the web, for it. -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org To be notified of updates to the web site, visit: https://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update or send a blank email message to: site-update-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
