Utempter is a utility which allows some non-privileged programs to have required root access without compromising system security. Utempter accomplishes this feat by acting as a buffer between root and the programs.
-rwxr-sr-x 1 root utmp 6128 avr 21 02:19 /usr/sbin/utempter drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 avr 21 02:19 /usr/share/doc/utempter-0.5.2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25265 fév 24 2000 /usr/share/doc/utempter-0.5.2/COPYING