Paul Mellors wrote:
>
> just realised what i said.......doh..
>
> what i meant is how do i make a standard "KDE" user have root etc etc
If you mean -
How do I let any user run an application as root without authentication?
You can set the 'set user ID on execution' bit with 'chmod' to the application
by typing:
chmod u+s the_application
[assuming the application is owned by root]
Do be careful with what you change to setuid root. :)
> silly question really, i've just (finally) figured out how to connect to a
> novell server using ncpmount, but i need to be su to do it. How do i make
> a stardard user have root privaliges?
You might be able to just do the above to ncpmount.
chmod u+s ncpmount
It is _not_ the best way. Is there not a config file for ncpmount akin to
/etc/fstab that you can add the servers that you want to mount to, so that is
all done while booting?
Tom.
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