AIX

I need some help with the following...

We have computer operator who doesn't have access to the root or ability to use the su command, but we need him to be able to download the /var/adm/sulog file. I noticed that the file currently has the 600 permissions on it and doesn't allow anyone to download the file unless you are using the root account. 

The objective is to be able to download the file from the AIX system to a Windows server for archival and retrieval purposes. I tried adding the user to the adm directory but he wasn't able to download the file. I also tried setting the permissions on the file to 640 and 660 but he wasn't able to download the file. 

Do you guys have any ideas on how to accomplish this task? Do I need to change the permissions on the file and give Other/World permission to the file?

Any help or information would be appreciated.

What you should do is automate that task instead of fiddling with permissions to allow an operator to access one file (which doesn't really scale).

What you can do to give him access:
- You can add him to the sudoers file with the ability to run a single command (cat /var/adm/sulog)
- You can add an ACL to the file that gives him read-only access (see aclget, aclput, actledit)  (you may want to do this daily, otherwise the ACL may be lost every time the file rotates)
- You can run a daily script on root's crontab:

#!/usr/bin/ksh 

[ -r /var/adm/sulog.oper ] && rm -f /var/adm/sulog.oper
cp /var/adm/sulog /var/adm/sulog.oper
chown operator /var/adm/sulog.oper

I need some help with the following...

We have computer operator who doesn't have access to the root or ability to use the su command, but we need him to be able to download the /var/adm/sulog file. I noticed that the file currently has the 600 permissions on it and doesn't allow anyone to download the file unless you are using the root account. 

The objective is to be able to download the file from the AIX system to a Windows server for archival and retrieval purposes. I tried adding the user to the adm directory but he wasn't able to download the file. I also tried setting the permissions on the file to 640 and 660 but he wasn't able to download the file. 

Do you guys have any ideas on how to accomplish this task? Do I need to change the permissions on the file and give Other/World permission to the file?

Any help or information would be appreciated.

Also, don't use unencrypted FTP. Use SFTP instead. 

What you should do is automate that task instead of fiddling with permissions to allow an operator to access one file (which doesn't really scale).

What you can do to give him access:
- You can add him to the sudoers file with the ability to run a single command (cat /var/adm/sulog)
- You can add an ACL to the file that gives him read-only access (see aclget, aclput, actledit)  (you may want to do this daily, otherwise the ACL may be lost every time the file rotates)
- You can run a daily script on root's crontab:

#!/usr/bin/ksh 

[ -r /var/adm/sulog.oper ] && rm -f /var/adm/sulog.oper
cp /var/adm/sulog /var/adm/sulog.oper
chown operator /var/adm/sulog.oper

I need some help with the following...

We have computer operator who doesn't have access to the root or ability to use the su command, but we need him to be able to download the /var/adm/sulog file. I noticed that the file currently has the 600 permissions on it and doesn't allow anyone to download the file unless you are using the root account. 

The objective is to be able to download the file from the AIX system to a Windows server for archival and retrieval purposes. I tried adding the user to the adm directory but he wasn't able to download the file. I also tried setting the permissions on the file to 640 and 660 but he wasn't able to download the file. 

Do you guys have any ideas on how to accomplish this task? Do I need to change the permissions on the file and give Other/World permission to the file?

Any help or information would be appreciated.

What you should do is automate that task instead of fiddling with permissions to allow an operator to access one file (which doesn't really scale).

What you can do to give him access:
- You can add him to the sudoers file with the ability to run a single command (cat /var/adm/sulog)
- You can add an ACL to the file that gives him read-only access (see aclget, aclput, actledit)  (you may want to do this daily, otherwise the ACL may be lost every time the file rotates)
- You can run a daily script on root's crontab:

#!/usr/bin/ksh 

[ -r /var/adm/sulog.oper ] && rm -f /var/adm/sulog.oper
cp /var/adm/sulog /var/adm/sulog.oper
chown operator /var/adm/sulog.oper

I need some help with the following...

We have computer operator who doesn't have access to the root or ability to use the su command, but we need him to be able to download the /var/adm/sulog file. I noticed that the file currently has the 600 permissions on it and doesn't allow anyone to download the file unless you are using the root account. 

The objective is to be able to download the file from the AIX system to a Windows server for archival and retrieval purposes. I tried adding the user to the adm directory but he wasn't able to download the file. I also tried setting the permissions on the file to 640 and 660 but he wasn't able to download the file. 

Do you guys have any ideas on how to accomplish this task? Do I need to change the permissions on the file and give Other/World permission to the file?

Any help or information would be appreciated.

I need some help with the following...

We have computer operator who doesn't have access to the root or ability to use the su command, but we need him to be able to download the /var/adm/sulog file. I noticed that the file currently has the 600 permissions on it and doesn't allow anyone to download the file unless you are using the root account. 

The objective is to be able to download the file from the AIX system to a Windows server for archival and retrieval purposes. I tried adding the user to the adm directory but he wasn't able to download the file. I also tried setting the permissions on the file to 640 and 660 but he wasn't able to download the file. 

Do you guys have any ideas on how to accomplish this task? Do I need to change the permissions on the file and give Other/World permission to the file?

Any help or information would be appreciated.

We have bunches of crontab entries to email stuff (stdout/stderr from command invocations, logs, whatever...) to folks each day.

I need some help with the following...

We have computer operator who doesn't have access to the root or ability to use the su command, but we need him to be able to download the /var/adm/sulog file. I noticed that the file currently has the 600 permissions on it and doesn't allow anyone to download the file unless you are using the root account. 

The objective is to be able to download the file from the AIX system to a Windows server for archival and retrieval purposes. I tried adding the user to the adm directory but he wasn't able to download the file. I also tried setting the permissions on the file to 640 and 660 but he wasn't able to download the file. 

Do you guys have any ideas on how to accomplish this task? Do I need to change the permissions on the file and give Other/World permission to the file?

Any help or information would be appreciated.

I need some help with the following...

We have computer operator who doesn't have access to the root or ability to use the su command, but we need him to be able to download the /var/adm/sulog file. I noticed that the file currently has the 600 permissions on it and doesn't allow anyone to download the file unless you are using the root account. 

The objective is to be able to download the file from the AIX system to a Windows server for archival and retrieval purposes. I tried adding the user to the adm directory but he wasn't able to download the file. I also tried setting the permissions on the file to 640 and 660 but he wasn't able to download the file. 

Do you guys have any ideas on how to accomplish this task? Do I need to change the permissions on the file and give Other/World permission to the file?

Any help or information would be appreciated.

I need some help with the following...

We have computer operator who doesn't have access to the root or ability to use the su command, but we need him to be able to download the /var/adm/sulog file. I noticed that the file currently has the 600 permissions on it and doesn't allow anyone to download the file unless you are using the root account. 

The objective is to be able to download the file from the AIX system to a Windows server for archival and retrieval purposes. I tried adding the user to the adm directory but he wasn't able to download the file. I also tried setting the permissions on the file to 640 and 660 but he wasn't able to download the file. 

Do you guys have any ideas on how to accomplish this task? Do I need to change the permissions on the file and give Other/World permission to the file?

Any help or information would be appreciated.

I need some help with the following...

We have computer operator who doesn't have access to the root or ability to use the su command, but we need him to be able to download the /var/adm/sulog file. I noticed that the file currently has the 600 permissions on it and doesn't allow anyone to download the file unless you are using the root account. 

The objective is to be able to download the file from the AIX system to a Windows server for archival and retrieval purposes. I tried adding the user to the adm directory but he wasn't able to download the file. I also tried setting the permissions on the file to 640 and 660 but he wasn't able to download the file. 

Do you guys have any ideas on how to accomplish this task? Do I need to change the permissions on the file and give Other/World permission to the file?

Any help or information would be appreciated.