Re: Giving a user, superuser privledges

[Darryl Harvey <darryl harvey net au>]

At 12:51 PM 28/02/2001, Statux wrote:
> I know this gets mentioned now and then, but I seem to have forgotten to
> save a copy of an email that explains it.
>
> How does one go about giving a user superuser privledges (like, say
> there's an account called 'peach' which is a regular user, but peach runs
> the machine in question as well, etc)
>
> I know it involves /etc/passwd, /etc/group, etc.. and you have to run
> pwconv and something else or whatever..
>
> help?:)
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> -Statux


Use sudo.  That gives you better control and an audit log should you need it.


Rgds,
Darryl