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[Mike Burger]

> Hi Mike
>
> Thank you for your reply.
>
> I will try to teach to my customer to use the command line; however, as
> he has never worked with Linux (he has got Windows XP and I am trying to
> push him, along with other customers, to switch to Linux), I am not so
> sure he can do that.
>
> Do you know how this can be done working in a graphical environment such
> as Gnome?
>
>
> Mike Burger ha scritto:
>> You could give him access via sudo.
>>
>> username     ALL=(ALL)     NOPASSWD:/bin/rpm
>> username     ALL=(ALL)     NOPASSWD:/usr/bin/yum
>>
>> Then, all he has to do is issue:
>>
>> sudo /bin/rpm -ivh package-he-wants.to.install.rpm
>>
>> sudo /usr/bin/yum update
>>
>> sudo /usr/bin/yum package-he-wants.to.install
>>
>>> Hi everybody
>>>
>>> I have a PC running Fedora 9 that I have to lend to a customer for a
>>> limited period.
>>>
>>> I would like him to be able to install updates and to install and
>>> remove
>>> programs without giving him the root password.
>>>
>>> Is it possible, and if it is what do I have to do?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for your replies.

I seem to recall a past thread, on this list, regarding gnome-sudo or some
such.  You might want to try searching the archives, or the web, for it.
-- 
Mike Burger
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