12.5 Restricted Use of SAM by Non-Root Users

   

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By default, only root is allowed to use SAM. However, SAM can be configured to provide a subset of its functionality to some users or groups other than root . For this purpose, you need to log in as root and start SAM in the Restricted SAM Builder mode using the -r option. In the builder system, you can assign some of the SAM functions to a user . You can use the -f option with SAM to verify that this assignment is operational. For example, you can assign printer management to a particular user. When that user starts SAM in the usual way, he or she will see only those icons that are related to printer management. This is a very useful tool to give restricted root access to some system users for system management in a complex and large computing environment.

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