Re: Usermode request: add patch enabling group membership to control auth user

[Miloslav Trmac <mitr volny cz>]

On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 04:57:29PM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
> My patch implements what I call a "sudo-like" behavior (although it is much
> simpler than sudo). Each program, through its console.apps config file, can
> have a list of groups whose members are able to authorize as themselves.
> Anyone not a member of the approved groups either must give the root
> password (or the password of a given user, or is denied access completely
> via a new <none> value).
Shoudn't this be already possible using PAM (e.g. pam_listfile)?
	Mirek