-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >What's the best way to do it? > >- adding him to the "root" group? >- is there a specific group for that? >- what way would you suggest ? > Best bet for this would be to utilize sudo A line something like this in the sudoers file should work: <username> <servername>=/usr/sbin/groupadd,/usr/sbin/groupdel,/usr/sbin/groupmod (harold localhost=/usr/sbin/groupadd,/usr/sbin/groupdel,/usr/sbin/groupmod ) - -- Aaron M. Hirsch Systems Engineer UpTime Ltd Office: (913) 323-6833 Mobile: (913) 284-9094 Fax: (913) 323-6835 eMail: aaronh@xxxxxxxxxx -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCcRSClW8YjGxNiFURAg1mAJsFodIMTcp2+OmDQr09axtUXOijHwCeIcIO zyi6t+4+Nd3PupugqrCazFY= =Qgio -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- This e-mail message is intended only for the named recipient(s) above. It may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail and any attachment(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by replying to this e-mail and delete the message and any attachment(s) from your system.