On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Matty Sarro <msarro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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, Â<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 >> > Also, sorry for the top post, I didn't realize gmail did that by default. Oops. --Matty -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
