Subject: Can user without root permission re-configure snmpd service ?

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We have installed, net-snmp on Linux platform. We have an application which provides Graphical User Interface(GUI) to configure snmpd.conf file. Once user performs configuration, this GUI based application sends command "pkill -SIGHUP -U root snmpd" so that snmpd service re-initialises itself with new values specified in snmpd.conf file.
The problem start here, GUI based application is owned by user who is not root hence this application would not be able to execute above mentioned command. Even if it executes "pkill -SIGHUP -U <user_name> snmpd" command, snmpd service does not re-initialises itself because the owner of snmpd service is "root".
Is there any way by which GUI based application (whose owner is not root) can re-initialise snmpd service ?


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<div>We have installed, net-snmp on Linux platform. We have an application which provides Graphical User Interface(GUI) to configure snmpd.conf file. Once user performs configuration, this GUI based application sends command "pkill -SIGHUP&nbsp; -U root snmpd" so that snmpd service re-initialises itself with new values specified in snmpd.conf file.<BR>The problem start here, GUI based application is owned by user who is not root hence this application would not be able to execute above mentioned command. Even if it executes "pkill -SIGHUP&nbsp; -U &lt;user_name&gt; snmpd" command, snmpd service does not re-initialises itself because the owner of snmpd service is "root". </div> <div>Is there any way by which GUI based application (whose owner is not root) can re-initialise snmpd service ?</div><p>

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