Re: [Xen-users] xm command as non-root

[Jaya Dhanesh <jaya.dhanesh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks folks, I am aware of sudo but wont be able to take that option. 
Is there any other way?
On 06/06/2013 12:11 AM, Sean Greenslade wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 05, 2013 at 06:37:41PM +0000, mitch@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > I'm going to go out on a limb here and say (without testing) that you could set 
> > up sudo?
> > Sudo will allow you to configures users who can run commands (and what commands 
> > they can run) as another user (including of course root).
> > Some distros insist this is the only way to run root commands - lots of 
> > options, but that might be the best thing to look at?
> > HTH
> > m
> Yes, sudo works perfectly for xm / xl. In fact, there are ways that you
> can configure sudo to not require a password on certain commands. It
> reduces the security of your system (obviously), but if you only set it
> up for commands that can't do damage (e.g. xl list), you should be OK.
>
> --Sean


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