make user equivalent to root

Chris Wong wongc at math.ed.hawaii.edu
Tue Feb 6 20:59:29 PST 2001


On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Warren Togami wrote:

> 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.

What about a version control system? Seems to be more what you need.

> ----- 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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