just change uid to 0 ------------------ Marvin Blackburn Systems Administrator Glen Raven "He's no failure. He's not dead yet" --William Lloyd George > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Richard Crawford > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 4:09 PM > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: User with root privileges > > > Before I get into this, allow me to add a disclaimer: I > don't know why > this person wants to do this, I have advised them against it, > I have told > them it's a security risk and just general bad practice, but > they want to > do it anyway. > > So. > > This person wants to give their user account root privileges. > I've never > encountered a need to do that, so I have no idea how it would > be done. > usermod -G root doesn't seem to do the trick. Anyone have any > suggestions? > > > Sláinte, > Richard S. Crawford (AIM: Buffalo2K) > > http://www.mossroot.com http://www.stonegoose.com/catseyeview > Howard Dean for America: http://www.deanforamerica.com > "I really didn't realize the librarians were, you know, such > a dangerous > group. They are subversive. You think they're just sitting > there at the > desk, all quiet and everything. They're like plotting the > revolution, man. > I wouldn't mess with them." > --Michael Moore > > > > -- > 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
