On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Matty Sarro <msarro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > Thanks all, I figured out what I needed. First, I added the user to wheel group. Second, I gave them sudo privilege . Third, I made it that all users of wheel can use sudo in /etc/sudoers Fourth I modified /etc/pam.d/su and uncommented the line requiring users to be in wheel to run su. Greatly appreciated! -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
