[BlueOnyx:01117] Re: PHP method for changing folder / file owner?

[Jeff Jones]

OK found it. I can live again. I want to cry!

Listen up noobs (or perhaps for BX users, should we call them  
'Boobs'?) ... if this is your situation:

1) You're a bit of a 'Boob'
2) You are doing someone else a favor and letting them use one of your  
BX boxes
3) This guy is also a bit of a 'Boob'
4) At least he's the only Boob on the server, so he can't screw anyone  
else's stuff up
5) He's adding PHP sites to the server each day via FTP
6) You use a crazy complicated SAMBA based file distribution system  
which prevents people from changing permissions
7) You really don't know how to use php chmod - nor do you really want  
to try
8) Your life is made a misery with constant requests to change  
permissions on files he is uploading
9) You contemplate leaving your wife, ending it all, or worse, running  
a windows box
10) You want him to just be root, and just to go away. But you don't  
want to give him your root password, nor do you really want him being  
root all the time either.

You think you're a screwed Boob. But wait! There is hope....

The answer:

cd /usr/sbin

su to root

./visudo

take out the # in the following line

## Same thing without a password
#%wheel  ALL=(ALL)       NOPASSWD: ALL

save file.

Done!

So it seems that BX puts all server admins in the wheel group by  
default, it's just that (by default) sudo doesn't allow wheel to use  
them - as default. Also the other cool thing is that now I can do sudo  
stuff without having to keep typing in that darn password. Brilliant!

All of this...

for

one

tiny

#

Jeff

On 23 Apr 2009, at 22:11, Jeff Jones wrote:

> OK next idea.
>
> How could I enable a BX server admin account to 'sudo'  without
> needing to type in the root password?
>
> That would solve my problem... then I promise I will leave you all
> alone!!!!!
>
> Cheers,
>
> jeff
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