is it possible to run "su - zimbra" by non-root user

[sadiq007]

Hi,
I just made a script using which a non-root user can create zimbra mail account using bellow command
su -l -c 'zmprov ca '$username'@mydomain.com '$password' zimbraPassword MustChange TRUE ' zimbra

but for that again it will ask root password...
so is that any way so my non-root user can have rights to run zmprov command without root password ??

[raj]

well what you can try is use SOAP API of zimbra and small script from outside of zimbra you can achive many admin actions without Linux Machine password or login at all.
you will require zimbra admin login though.

Serach the fourms for scripts and wrappers for SOAP API

Raj

[Krishopper]

If you want employees to be able to use their own Linux accounts to do that, look up sudo on google. That will allow users to run commands without full access.

[sadiq007]

sudo , I think it will again ask for root password to run zimbra command for non-root user
any other solution ?

[Krishopper]

Sudo will ask for the password of the user executing sudo. The whole purpose of sudo is to avoid giving out the root password. You can also disable password prompting all together if you wish.