[CentOS] Temporary root access to another user.

[Sean O'Connell]

You chould set up sudo to just allow users in a particular group to run
that command as root. If all your users, login on the console first, you
can use consolehelper.

Sean

On Mon, 2005-08-22 at 02:56 +0000, duffmckagan wrote:
> I have Cent OS 4 installed on my computer, with cable internet.
> My ISP requires me to login to the account before I can access the Internet.
> I require to type some commands to get it working. (It comes with a
> software which I have installed)
> But that requires root access.
> I have many users on this computer, who can't access the Internet
> without my permission ( And I can't tell them the root password..NO
> please I have my own reasons.)
> 
> Is there any way, that they don't have to type the root password
> (Something like Sudo) and still get access to the internet?
> If not they have started demanding Windows, which I don't want to install.
> 
> Thank you.
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