Give normal user access to an init.d script

[Soren Hansen]

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 12:06:34AM +0100, Serge van Ginderachter wrote:
>> What I want to do is allow one user on my server to start/stop the
>> shoutcast server. At the moment I can only do it using sudo.
> sudo is the way to go...
> 
> you probably want to write a wrapper script, and only allow that script with
> sudo for that user

No need for a wrapper script. sudo offers this all on its own.

See the sudoers man page:

$ man 5 sudoers

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Soren Hansen
Ubuntu Developer
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