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   Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:49:43 GMT   
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   * Hadron wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:   
   > Niklaus Kuehnis  writes:   
      
   >> On Mon, 5 Feb 2007, Hadron wrote:   
      
   >>> Niklaus Kuehnis  writes:   
      
   >>>> Great, that works! Although I decided to do it with chmod instead of   
   >>>> rm. Thanks!   
      
   >>> you mean you stop it being executable? Doesnt that result in a "no   
   >>> command found" or do you check the permissions before tryint to execute   
   >>> it from the bashrc?   
      
   >> Right, I'm still looking for a way to check for permissions. -    
   >> Actually, both ways don't work (without checking) because I don't want   
   >> to allow sudo for apt-get as such but only for apt-get --simulate   
   >> etc. nor do I want to allow sudo for a skript that is in home   
   >> directory and can be edited with user rights. That's why the scripts   
   >> are in /usr/sbin. In both cases, with the file non-executable or   
   >> non-existing, sudo asks for a password even though the script is set   
   >> to NOPASSWD in sudoers.   
      
   >> So the solution (i guess) is to leave the file and permissions alone   
   >> and only change the content of the file. .bash_profile executes the   
   >> apt script and empties it and cron fills it up again. Probably not the   
   >> most elegant way of doing it but it works.   
      
   >> Nik   
      
   > I'm not sure I follow you. Are you sure you are not overly complicating   
   > the issue? What was wrong again with my solution (ignoring whether it   
   > was the best/worst solution). What is the problem with using sudo in the   
   > sctip file I suggested? It will prompt for pwd or you can set the s bit.   
      
   cannot set the s bit on a script, its a security issue and the kernel   
   will not allow it.   
      
   At least, this is my understanding.   
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