A non-root user running UserManager?

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From: David Gungner
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 06:15

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Does anybody know of a way to reconfigure UserManager so that a few
non-root users (but they are in the group "wheel") can add new users?
I want to grant a few maintenance people the ability to add new users
without giving out the root password.

Thanks for any suggestions,

David Gungner             
UCLA Machine Perception Lab

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