comp.os.linux.networking

Ignoramus10392 wrote:
> I do need from time to time to perform root tasks from scripts, for
> example restarting named after DNS zone files update.

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ian/userv/ might be useful to
you.

It's roughly equivalent to setting up a setuid program permitting a
specified set of users to request a specific service of root (or
someone else), except that it's generally more secure than setuid
programs since it goes through a daemon to avoid passing through
arbitrary malicious process context.

Restarting named is just the sort of thing it'd be ideal for. In
fact I use it for that myself.
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