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[wolf paul]

In article <26107 at cs.yale.edu> anselmo-ed at cs.yale.edu (Ed Anselmo) writes:
)We have a setuid-root program that allows most of the above to be done
)without having to be logged in as a super-user.  Users in group wizard
)can kill runaway processes (among other things....):

Is this available??

)The similar "operator" program allows members of group "operator" to
)do backups from a regular account.

And this?

)(udb) which tracks users, uids, mailboxs, mailing lists, machines,
)serial numbers (among other things).  Through a series of programs and
)Shell Scripts from Hell, it's used to build and delete accounts
)(assigning unique uids, and keeping them consistent across machines),
)and rebuild the sendmail aliases files.
)It has also managed to keep several generations of Yale undergraduate
)summer programmers entertained for months on end.

And this? the entertainment value alone would warrant making it
available, apart from its usefulness.

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