Security - Run apps with other users

Larry Ivan Brower larry at maxqe.com
Sun Feb 6 12:35:33 UTC 2011


Sounds like you are wanting sudo

Try man visudo



kellyremo <kellyremo at zoho.com> wrote:

>OS: Fedora 14 i386
>
>It's used as a ""normal desktop laptop"".
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>"USER A" - it's the mainly used user, i log in with GDM with it, etc.
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>Goal: I need a little more security - separate a few apps!
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>How: run 3 applications ( Transmission, Google Chrome, Wine ) with other users ( so not with "USER A" ). But when i'm logged in ( in GUI ) with "USER A", i need icons on he's the Desktop. E.g.: just one click ( without asking for password!! ) and Google Chrome starts with another user.
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>How exactly can i do this? - How can i "grant" "USER A" with permissions ( securely ) so that it doesn't needs a password, when running applications with "USER B", "USER C", etc.?
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>Are there any howtos/docs/links?
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>Thank you in advance.
>
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