Gordon Messmer wrote: > edwardspl@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> BUT there is another problem of it ( I think it is a bug of sudo )..... >> >> When you enter "sudo passwd" without the option (eg:userid): >> >> [manager@xxx ~]$ sudo passwd >> Changing password for user root. >> New UNIX password: > > > That's not a bug. "sudo" doesn't know what you're trying to do, only > whether or not your commands match the patterns in its configuration > files. They do, so sudo allows the access. > >> OH...the user manager who can change root password ? >> >> So, is there any solution for this case of problem ? > > > Yes, there is. Don't let users execute any of those commands directly. > Write shell scripts that validate the commands that you want them to > execute, and only allow users to execute those with sudo. For example: > > passwd-wrapper: > #!/bin/sh > > # Validate that a username was given as an argument > [ -n "$1" ] || { > echo "Use: passwd-wrapper <username>" >&2 > exit 64 > } > > # Validate that the username wasn't "root" > [ "$1" != "root" ] || { > echo "Can't set the root user's password" >&2 > exit 77 > } > > # Use -- to make sure that the "username" given wasn't just > # a switch that passwd would interpret. > # THIS ONLY WORKS ON GNU SYSTEMS. > passwd -- "$1" > Hello, Sorry... After create the shell script, then how to use it by sudo ? Thanks ! Edward. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines