Super-User question , explained below

Linux_interest · 09-03-2004, 01:34 AM

Hello

As, i was practising a few command: I got a root user, and two general users which i created, ie. player1 and player2, both in the same group.

Now, i want to make player1 as the root person too, that is a superuser, so i know the user id of the super user is 0. I was wanting to know the command for changing this? After this, i want to change again the uid and gid of player1 to that of player2. Please help me in my these three quries.

Awaiting reply from some one.

Cheers
John

Tinkster · 09-03-2004, 01:37 AM

The command you're after is
<your favourite editor> /etc/passwd

Cheers,
Tink

r0b0 · 09-03-2004, 03:17 AM

Don't!
Root is root and user is a user. Root is not a 'role' or a 'group' you might be familiar with from windows. Root is a user. If you are player1 now and want to become root (for example to install something), use 'su'. Do your root job and become player1 again (by exiting the su command).

brunnopessoa · 09-03-2004, 09:59 AM

How do I exit the 'su' command?

PBSchmidt · 09-03-2004, 10:09 AM

by typing "exit" and hitting return

brunnopessoa · 09-05-2004, 09:32 PM

Well, PBSchmidt, it couldn't be different... questions from

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Tks!!!