Giving a User Root Privileges

lawrencegoodman · 12-23-2003, 04:11 PM

I am a home user of Linux and the only one using my computer. One of my constant frustrations is that I constantly have to be changing back and forth between user and root to do stuff. I mean, I now know how to use the su and sudo commands, but it's still a pain, especially since I have to be constantly entering a password and KDE 3.1 gives me a DCOP error every time I go from root back into user.

So what I asking is is there a way I can just grant the non-root user lawrencegoodman all the privileges as root? I changed my sudoers file to have these lines:
%users ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
lawrencegoodman ALL = NOPASSWD: ALL

But I still have to enter passwords every time I do a root function.

Any advise and suggestions? I am using Suse 8.2.

P.S. I know that for some of you this idea is going to be abhorrent since it makes it easier to screw up configuration files and could compromise security. But I am going to screw these things up anyway; it's just a matter of whether I first will have to enter a password to do it.

Thanks,
Lawrence

fragglehorn · 12-23-2003, 04:18 PM

kde has a super-user terminal function, with a checkbox to remember your password. It should be right on the taskbar.

trickykid · 12-23-2003, 04:20 PM

Read these threads:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...oot+privileges

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...oot+privileges

Just cause you think your going to screw up your system doesn't mean you need to practice bad security habits..

Regards.

Netizen · 12-23-2003, 04:23 PM

If you know the inherent danger in working with root authority then why not just stay logged in as root. The effect is the same and less work.

Just remember Linux is only as secure as you make it. You start defeating the security measures and its as vulnerable as a Windows box.

Netizen

lawrencegoodman · 12-23-2003, 04:41 PM

Okay, I cry uncle. Stupid idea. Just one thing I don't understand though. I type kdesu -- sudo kate and up pops a dialog box asking if I want to keep the password. I enter root passwd and check the box to keep it, but next time I do this, I have to enter the password again. Any idea why it's not remembering this?

Thanks for talking me off the ledge.