Thank you for the pointer guys. Just curious; I did add the user to the wheel group as well. I expected the users who weren't added to wheel to not be able to su to root. Is this a departure from BSD's implementation of the wheel group? -Matty On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 2:30 PM, <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Rohit khaladkar wrote: >> I always edit the sudoers file. >> >> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Matty Sarro <msarro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> Hey everyone, >>> Just curious - when creating a new user, what is the proper method of >>> giving them sudo access? Is it by appending them to the wheel group, >>> or is it modifying the /etc/sudoers file? I appreciate any help. > > Rhoit, don't top post. > > Matty: ABSOLUTELY, USE visudo - do *not* just edit it. visudo does syntax > checking, and so when you get out, you can be reasonably sure you won't be > locked out.... > > Â Â Â mark > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
