[2974] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: Could I have root acces to alice-whacker?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeremy Daniel)
Mon Sep 11 21:24:14 2000
To: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
Cc: sipb-staff@MIT.EDU, Alex Coventry <alex_c@MIT.EDU>
From: Jeremy Daniel <jdaniel@MIT.EDU>
Date: 11 Sep 2000 21:24:03 -0400
In-Reply-To: Alex Coventry's message of "Mon, 11 Sep 2000 20:51:25 -0400 (EDT)"
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I've changed the root password on alice-whacker to an older version of
office root, and given that to alex so he can work on the sipb linux
install, I've also given him the ability to log into it remotely.
Hopefully work will go quickly and smoothly :)
<daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU> (Alex Coventry) writes:
> Hi. In order to test modifications to anaconda with reasonable
> turn-around time, it'd be helpful to be able to run anaconda from the
> command line. I think I've figured out how to do this, but I will need
> root access to do it properly. I was wondering if I could have the root
> password on alice-whacker, or at least sudo/setuid root access to the
> program (which would be tantamount to root, since I will also have to be
> able to modify the program.)
>
> Alex.
>
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Jer
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