[sudo-users] Limiting Editing Power

[Mathew Brown]

Thank you all for your help.  sudoedit seems to be the solution to this
issue.  Thanks again.

Michael Potter wrote:
>
> add this rule to you sudoers file:
> mruser webserver=(apache)sudoedit /etc/httpd.conf
>
> then tell mruser to do this:
> sudo -e -u apache /etc/httpd.conf
>
> On 10/18/06, Mathew Brown <mathewbrown at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>       I currently run into a scenario where I want to allow a user to edit a
>       file owned by another user but ONLY that file.  If I specify something
>       like /usr/bin/vim /etc/httpd.conf, vim is launched.  However, the
>       user, using vim, can then edit any files owned by the owner or
>       httpd.conf.  Is there any solution to this issue?  Thanks for your
>       help.
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>       Mathew Brown
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