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Old 10-26-2006, 12:52 AM   #1
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creating admin account

Hi ,

can we create admin account in suse10. by default we have root!
i want to create another superuser! with all admin permissions!

please help me!!
 
Old 10-26-2006, 01:28 AM   #2
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No, you can't.
But you can read man sudo.
 
Old 10-26-2006, 02:15 AM   #3
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/etc/passwd
You can create a new user and then change its UID and GID in /etc/passwd to '0' ,ie root's ID
 
  


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