Sudoedit: Securely allow users to edit files

1 · Benjamin Cane · Feb. 26, 2012, 6:04 p.m.
Allowing unprivileged users to edit files that are normally beyond their rights is a task that is easy to perform however it requires a great deal of forethought to implement without opening security holes. You can give users the ability to edit privileged files by using User/Group Permissions, ACL's, or even sudo; but no matter which way you choose there are some things you must consider. For an example lets take a look at 2 files /etc/services and /etc/cron....