power gives root rights to the priviliged users listed in /etc/power.conf. It is similar to the sudo utility that allows much more finer-grained options. It has borned out of my frustration with sudo's complex configuration file.
2007-03-16 László Monda <laci at monda dot hu>
* README.hu: Likewise.
* README: Likewise.
* ChangeLog: Update my email address.
* INSTALL: Likewise.
* AUTHORS: Update my home page address.
* power.c (main): Use execvp() instead of system() to exec the
given process. This method correctly handles quoted shell
strings.
2005-11-18 László Monda <laci at monda dot hu>
* Makefile (install): Set SGID mode flag on power.
* power.c (main): Add setgid() call.
2005-06-25 László Monda <laci at monda dot hu>
* power.c (die): Print error messages correctly.
* Makefile: Force copy on installation, because it's more useful
when installing new versions.
Add clean directive.
* INSTALL: Redirect visitors to README.
* README.hu: Add file.
* README: Incorporate install section.
* Makefile: Implement install directive.
2005-06-22 László Monda <laci at monda dot hu>
* INSTALL: Give straightforward installation instructions.
* AUTHORS: Add file.
* power.c: Remove varargs.h inclusion. It's deprecated.
(main): Don't fork before exec, because it's unnecessary.
(print_help): Print useful help message.
* Makefile (power): Invoke GCC with -w when compiling.
2004-10-24 László Monda <laci at monda dot hu>
* power.c (main): Correct condition that causes infinite loop when
the process owner's name is not present in the configuration file.
(main): Give authorization for root always.
2004-04-09 László Monda <laci at monda dot hu>
* power.c (USER_NAME_MAX): ChangeLog started. Everything seems to
work smoothly for now.
