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currently, I am System admin for some solaris servers. but, some of the developers want to have root password in order to install packages.can i create sudo ? how do i create sudo -- and give him pkgadd, pkgrm commands permission ?
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Of course, the right way to do this in Solaris is using RBAC and roles. Just add the "Software Installation" role to
that user, and after that he can run pkgadd and pkgrm using pfexec.
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Ah, the beauty of having a group of experts.

I believe that you have over simplified setting up RBAC.

Anyway, I think that sudo does the job well, and is better known among the Sys Admin community.

Nope, That's all there is to it.

It is true that sudo is better known. If you are looking for a solution that will work in a mixed platform arena, then
sudo is your best bet.