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Re: Newbie trouble: How to log on as "root"



Add the user to one or more of these groups:  dialout, cdrom, floppy, sudo,
(et cetera, see /etc/group).  It won't make the user exactly root-like, but it's
a start.  Better to add more privileges as you see the need, rather than give
blanket root privileges to another account, which kind of defeats the pur-
pose of the user account protections.

Marc

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Marc Mongeon <mongeon@bankoe.com>
Unix Specialist
Ban-Koe Systems
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Bloomington, MN 55431-2200
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"It's such a fine line between clever and stupid."
   -- David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel of "Spinal Tap"


>>> <vw@geus.DK> 06/07 10:04 AM >>>
> Is it possible to change the user-privileges to allow me a large degree of
> freedom within the system as "user" (suppose it is, but how?!)



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