On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 12:41 -0500, Mark Haney wrote: > On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 09:40 -0800, M E Fieu wrote: > > Hi.. I want to create a user account in linux that have root right to > > do everything. Is that possible? I have done the following > > > > in /etc/passwd 0 is the GID of root > > tong:x:512:0::/home/tong:/bin/bash > > > > in /etc/group > > tong:x:0:root > > > > but still doesn't work, any advice? > > > > > Yes. Don't. That's a good way to take a system apart accidentally. > However, if you insist on this, look at /etc/sudoers file. > Please use visudo to edit the sudoers file. You have to log in as root to use it and then after that the users you assign can use sudo to run commands. > > -- Edward M. Croft Sr. Systems Engineer Open Ratings, Inc. 200 West Street Waltham, MA 02451-1121
