How do I creat multiple root accounts ?

wearetheborg · 04-17-2006, 05:13 AM

I need to create multiple root accounts on a computer, how do I do this ? I need to creat multiple accounts with full root access, can I specify a user to have root access ?

Thanks!

Mega Man X · 04-17-2006, 05:33 AM

I've found this:

http://linuxgazette.net/issue48/tag/16.html

Still I fail to see why one would need it. If you need more than one root account (say, one for you one for your wife), why not simply use the same account?

puffinman · 04-17-2006, 05:53 AM

Use sudo! You can have as many people sudo as you like with no extra accounts. I use it even to get a root shell (sudo su -). Then you only have to remember one password.

wearetheborg · 04-17-2006, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by puffinman

Use sudo! You can have as many people sudo as you like with no extra accounts. I use it even to get a root shell (sudo su -). Then you only have to remember one password.

Aaah thanks, sudo seems to be the thing I was looking for. I also found a nice tutorial:
http://aplawrence.com/Basics/sudo.html

Mega Man X - I have the unfortunate distinction of being a sysadmin on a machine in my school, dunno how that happened. I need to give root access to a few folks.

Mega Man X · 04-17-2006, 03:04 PM

Thanks for clarifying it for me wearetheborg. I was just curious