[BBLISA] Groups and sudo

[Eddy Harvey]

I'm very confused by your question.  I think you'll have to clarify a few
phrases, like ...
	"changed all groups from group root to group users"
	"I can su directory from a terminal session"

I'm extrapolating a lot, but I think you're saying that the user used sudo,
to chgrp a bunch of files.  Those files were formerly set to group ownership
"root" but now they're "users."    You (he) don't want to chgrp the files
back to "root" presumably because the users need to access those files too.


But now, users are able to access those files, but root can't.   

I think the solution is pretty simple.  You just add "root" as part of the
"users" group.  Then, whatever users can access, root can access too.




-----Original Message-----
From: bblisa-bounces at bblisa.org [mailto:bblisa-bounces at bblisa.org] On Behalf
Of Scott R Ehrlich
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 2:37 PM
To: bblisa at bblisa.org
Subject: [BBLISA] Groups and sudo

I have a Fedora Core 5 user who's user account is part of /etc/sudoers.
The
user changed all groups from group 'root' to group 'users'.   Now, even
though
part of /etc/sudoers, his account has no admin rights to perform various
functions, such as adding printers, sudo, etc.  Immediate Insufficient
perms.  
I can, though, su directory from a terminal session.

He does not want to change the group ownership back to group 'root'.

How do I [re]grant root/sudo access to directories and files that have
'users'
group ownership?

Thanks.

Scott

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