Hi:
I’m a Suse 10 user. I wanted to ask if there is a way to give super user abilities to a normal user. it’s just that I’m tired of typing the root password every now and then. Also I wanted to ask about the risk of working as root all the time!!! I mean ..look at linspire, or ubuntu, …they aren’t typing passwords every minute, they just enjoy their system. Could some think on making linux’s distos more user friendly?.....I mean I live with my wife, and she doesn’t care to much about linux ( my bad) ….I don’t need a system that it’s prompting me for a password….come on…..this is not an office……so I would like to see something like Suse 10Home Edition….’couse there aren’t administrator living at my house yet!!....maybe I should get one : ).
Thanks for your attention:
Ruslombia

Well having to type the pass everytime is a security feature. Also why would an everyday user (say your wife) need to be constantly typing the pass?
I mean, even as a power user. You doing something nasty that needs constant root power? Run the console as su and thats that.

Tip: If you are a KDE user you can always select in the Session menu of the Konsole a New root session or just run

You really should not work as root. It is not necessary. Why is Linux not user firendly? Just try Linux out and get along with it. It is a real operating system.

this is not smart at all.........IF you get Hacked and one of your users has Root privies, the Cracker can/will wipe your system clean!! You can't trust the Internet anymore with all the Worms and Trojans out there why take the chance.....

the password feature is a nesscary security feature is one uses Suse in any enviroment. it prevents my 4 and 3 yr olds from messing up configuration. on and my wife and i already had the wondows linux discussion she has windows i have linux.

Ubuntu uses sudo, so to run a program with root privaleges you need to do `sudo command` and type your own password in, if you like this approach then you can install and configure sudo on SuSE