ssu(1)
NAME
ssu - allow unprivileged user to become root
SYNOPSIS
ssu [-f | -m | -l | -c command]
DESCRIPTION
- The ssu command allows an unprivileged user to become root
- on the local machine without changing his SFS credentials. ssu
- invokes the command su to become root. Thus, the access and
- password checks needed to become root are identical to those of
- the local operating system's su command. ssu also runs
- /usr/local/lib/sfs-0.8pre/newaid to alter the group list so that
- SFS can recognize the root shell as belonging to the original us
- er.
OPTIONS
-f
-m These options are passed through to the su command.
- -l This option causes the newly spawned root shell to be
- have like a login shell.
- -c command
- Tells ssu to tell su to run command rather than run
- ning a shell.
SEE ALSO
- dirsearch(1), newaid(1), rex(1), sfsagent(1), sfskey(1),
- sfs_config(5), sfs_hosts(5), sfs_srp_params(5), sfs_users(5),
- sfsauthd_config(5), sfscd_config(5), sfsrosd_config(5),
- sfsrwsd_config(5), sfssd_config(5), sfs_environ(7), funmount(8),
- nfsmounter(8), sfsauthd(8), sfscd(8), sfsrosd(8), sfsrwcd(8),
- sfsrwsd(8), sfssd(8), vidb(8)
- The full documentation for SFS is maintained as a Texinfo
- manual. If the info and SFS programs are properly installed at
- your site, the command info SFS should give you access to the
- complete manual.
- For updates, documentation, and software distribution,
- please see the SFS website at http://www.fs.net/.
BUGS
- Note, ssu does not work on some versions of Linux because
- of a bug in Linux. To see if this bug is present, run the com
- mand su root -c ps. If this command stops with a signal, your su
- command is broken and you cannot use ssu.
AUTHOR
- sfsdev@redlab.lcs.mit.edu
- SFS 0.8pre 2006-07-20