Is this a Unix thing I should know about? Do I need to create a user with You can not just create a user with root access. There is one user root <-> uid==0. You could create more usernames for root, but this is not a very good idea.
I've never used it but I also believe you can use 'sudo' (if your system has it) to give non-root users certain root priviledges. Michel-you-thought-I-was-dead-Pelletier
Andreas
______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
On Mon, 21 Dec 1998, Michel Pelletier wrote:
You can not just create a user with root access. There is one user root <-> uid==0. You could create more usernames for root, but this is not a very good idea.
I've never used it but I also believe you can use 'sudo' (if your system has it) to give non-root users certain root priviledges. sudo (or su1, etc.) allow non-root user to run programs as root. This is still the same as running the process as root, with the added ``benefit'' that you do not have to share the root passwd.
As most programs are not designed to be run as root by non-root users, this is less than ideal. Andreas
participants (2)
-
Andreas Kostyrka -
Michel Pelletier