make user equivalent to root

Warren Togami warren at togami.com
Tue Feb 6 20:29:36 PST 2001


Why not disallow root logins completely and have everyone "su"?

Have you thought about "sudo" too?  With it configured properly, you can
avoid giving them root access while giving them the rights that they need.
It can log everything too, just like su.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Ballon" <calzonie at hawaii.rr.com>
To: "Linux & Unix Advocates & Users" <luau at list.luau.hi.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 1:32 PM
Subject: [luau] make user equivalent to root


> I have the need to track changes to the firewall (to many cooks) but with
everyone
> useing root it's not easy.  How can I make a user equivalent to root in
every
> way without them having to actually su to root?  If it makes any
difference
> it will be three accounts all together.
>
> Oh ya, SunOS 5.6 :)
>



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