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Old 10-08-2003, 04:44 AM   #1
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how do i create a nother user with root privilages
 
Old 10-08-2003, 05:06 AM   #2
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hi,
well, first of all, it is not recommendable to do something like that, root should be only one and the only one with privileges to change the whole system.
if you need root privileges sometime, just type
>su -

Anyway, I think it can be done adding a user to root userGroup.
 
  


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