Hi Terry, > I've looked through the systems > administation but cannot figure how > to put myself in the file where I can use say sudo yum something > without having to use su , passwd each time I need to be root You need to edit /etc/sudoers file. Check man sudoers for more information. HTH, David -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines