providing the root access to normal user
 

hi guys!!

i have one requirement like, providing the root access to the normal users.

i have tried with su, but it is creating another shell, which is not usefull for me.

through a script i have to provide the root access to the users that are executing it.

i have some script with following statement:
/usr/sbin//usermod -s /bin/bash root

will the above one modifies the normal user to root with root access

please let us know

What you want is sudo. When setup correctly, sudo can let normal users run programs as if they are the root user.

Checkout the Sudo Manual for more information.

All it does is to change root's shell to /bin/bash.

Linux doesn't honor suid scripts because they are not secure. Which commands do you want run as root? Commands like mounting cdrom or shutdown, etc. can be added to /etc/sudoers. You edit /etc/sudoers with the visudo program.

You should only run commands as root that need root access. Don't mess with usermod.

Another approach is to use PolicyKit.