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SUS - An Object Reference Model for Distributing UNIX Super User Privileges

Peter D. Gray, University of Wollongong

Abstract

This paper describes a system administration tool which allows a user to run a command as root or as some other user after authenticating. Unlike most other commands of that ilk, SUS attempts to treat the command and its arguments as references to system objects, and allows for relatively powerful matching on the attributes of those objects to determine if the user should or should not be allowed to execute the desired command. In addition, SUS has a mode to help limit the number of setuid utilities needed to provide user services via the web.
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