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feldespato
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Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 10:36 pm Post subject: execute init scripts as a regular user

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Hi, I want the users in the "users" group to be able to execute the mldonkey init script. How can I do that? I have set the SUID bit to /etc/init.d/mldonkey but it gives me the same error:

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/etc/init.d/mldonkey stop
* /sbin/runscript.sh: must be root to run init scripts

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tukachinchila
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Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 10:52 pm Post subject:

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I think it would be better to use `sudo' (http://www.sudo.ws) for this. If you can avoid logging in as root yourself even, it would be more secure to execute:

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sudo /etc/init.d/mldonkey stop

Check the man pages for sudo and sudoers if you already have it installed.

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