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RE: [rtl] How to make a networked RT system safe?



How about "sudo" which allows you to create lists of users and the commands
each is allowed to run as the SuperUser?

	Norm

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Herman Bruyninckx [SMTP:Herman.Bruyninckx@mech.kuleuven.ac.be]
> Sent:	Friday, June 09, 2000 3:37 AM
> To:	rtl@rtlinux.org
> Subject:	[rtl] How to make a networked RT system safe?
> 
> I'm planning to use a number of PCs with RTL and RTAI for student hands-on
> sessions. I want to give them network access so that they can easily
> develop code on other computers or at home. However, when running the real
> time stuff on the hands-on PC, they have to have root priviliges. Since
> this potentially compromises security, I am wondering what the best
> possible solution to this problem might be. Anybody has any experience?
> 
> Currently, I am thinking of using sudo and disabling NFS to the hands-on
> PCs... Is this sufficient?
> 
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