Re: "Transparent" privilege delegation?



Jeremiah DeWitt Weiner wrote On 04/13/2006 10:57 AM:
Michael Trausch <michael.trausch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
However, I'm wondering if there is a (portable) way to configure
something like a server, wherein 'sudo' isn't used, and yet I can
delegate certain tasks to users.

It sounds like what you want is Role Based Access Control (RBAC).
It doesn't exist for all Unix systems, though.


Very interesting. Thank you for this piece of information, I will do
some research on it and see where that leads me.

- Mike
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