2 roots in Linux box

mikeshn · 02-28-2002, 08:51 PM

Does it allow in Linux to have two roots? I mean 2 admin or administrators.

Thanks a lot

justiceisblind · 02-28-2002, 09:16 PM

yeah... you can do it when you add users, i think by specifying their group as root, but I can't remember for sure. Another user can obtain root status by typing 'su' at the command prompt and typing in the root password.

crabboy · 02-28-2002, 09:56 PM

You can make the users uid 0 and he will have most of roots permissions. There are some limitations, but I can't remember them off hand.

Code:

crabboy:x:0:100:,,,:/home/crabboy:/bin/bash

neo77777 · 03-01-2002, 02:01 PM

look for sudo.

neo77777 · 03-01-2002, 02:02 PM

with sudo you can entitle different users to have superuser's priveleges, or you can limit them, devide useres into groups and give certain rights to particular things.