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Old 01-07-2005, 06:07 PM   #1
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Root privileges for user


Hi

Is there any way that I can have my user account gain complete (or mostly) root privileges. It is my own computer so I obviously know the root password, but most of the time I need the terminal to be root, and I'm sick of typing the password over and over.

Some points you should know:

1. Ofcourse, sudo is an option but it has the same problem that I need to type "sudo" and the password all the time.
2. Also, I know that it is not a good practice to give root access to the user but as I said, the machine is used by me only and I would like it.
3. I could just login into root by default but I do not want to do that. I'm specifically looking for root privileges for the user account.

Any help appreciated, thanks.
 
Old 01-07-2005, 06:44 PM   #2
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You can setup sudo not to ask for a password. You can do stuff either like

sudo su

To get root access or

sudo mount -t vfat /dev/hda /mnt/win

for a command that only root would usually be allowed. Simply add the line

# User alias specification
loginname ALL = NOPASSWD: ALL

and your done. As always bad security practices etc, etc..
 
Old 01-07-2005, 10:33 PM   #3
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