Controller a specified set of services, as user, using PolicyKit
Gilboa Davara
gilboad at gmail.com
Fri Dec 19 15:36:01 UTC 2008
On Fri, 2008-12-19 at 17:20 +0200, Gilboa Davara wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> My users are currently using sudo to start a certain pre-defined list of
> services.
> However, as sudo requires an terminal (even if no password is required
> in /etc/sudoers) - I'm looking for cleaner, GUI solution.
>
> Seems to me that adding the required rules to PolicyKit might prove to
> be the best solution. (According to Google, Ubuntu's gksu might collide
> with PolicyKit)
>
> Can anyone please point me at the right direction? (Read: How do I write
> a PolicyKit rule that enables a certain user-group to start/stop a
> certain service.)
>
> - Gilboa
P.S. I want the user to be able to start/stop services from a script -
so giving them access to S-C-S (as user) isn't an option.
- Gilboa
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