You do need to set yourself up as a sudo user in the sudoers file by using visudo as root. If you've done that, you should be all set. Happy sudoing Steven. On Wed, 2011-10-26 at 16:31 -0700, Steven Barre wrote: > Hello! > > I understand how to configure sudo, but I don't get how to get > real-world use from it. Is it best to write custom scripts for the > things that need doing and give sudo access to those scripts? > > Most of what I do as root is done because of file permissions. For > example, if I want a user to have access to a conf file but don't want > to change the file permissions of the conf file, how can I do this with > sudo? > > Do you have any examples of how you use sudo to allow users to do some > basic tasks? > > -- > ================================================= > Steven Barre > steven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Systems and Support Manager > Real Estate Webmasters > ================================================== > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
