> >> 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. I just had a thought, too...at least for updates, why not give them an "icon" which calls "sudo yum update"? -- 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
