On Apr 6, 2005 12:40 AM, Chethiya K Ranaweera <ckranaweera@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I want to create a user with administrative peviledges. First I > created a user and checked the /etc/passwd file. His IUD and GID were > 500:500( I think this is by default from Redhat). Then I tried to > change GID to 0, logged back into the system. He did not have admin > access. Does anybody know how to give a user administrative > previledges, so that he can update the system ,,, etc?? *Highly Unrecommended (FYI)* : You will have to manually add a user to the /etc/passwd file with the UID/GID 0. So whenever you login, you end up in root's home with root priviledges. Even 'who' shows root as logged in. -- Novitiate of the Knife, under the Master of the Sabre. Official Protector of The Llama, Spiritual Leader of The Republic of Loungevania
