oops. It's "Then, add the user you want to be able to use sudo to the wheel group (usermod -g wheel <name>)."
On 5/28/05, Mark Shields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Obviously, if you've never used sudo you'll have to emerge the package > app-admin/sudo. Then, configure /etc/sudoers with the visudo command. > Find #%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL and uncomment it. Then, add the > user you want to be able to use sudo to the wheel group (usermod -g > <name>). And that's it. The user should now be able to use sudo, > provide they enter the root password when using it. If you don't want > to have the use a password to use sudo (highly recommended you do), > uncomment # %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL instead. > > On 5/27/05, Myk Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Run sudo after you ssh. On my network, I backup my servers by setting > > up sudoers on the server I want to backup and running the following > > command from my workstation: > > > > ssh <flags> <user>@<hostname> "sudo dump -u<dumplevel>f- <filesystem>" | > > gzip > <hostname>.<dumplevel>.<date>.gz > > > > Pupeno wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I'm trying to set up my computers so I make backups of my server from my > > > workstation (we don't have a backup server). The thing is that I have a > > > normal user on that server and I'm on the sudoers file to perform any > > > root-task. > > > Now, to back up, I'm running an rsync thru ssh to the server, but that > > > runs as > > > a my user because I can't ssh as root, how can I achieve root privileges > > > to > > > be able to perform the back up ? > > > Thank you. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > > iD8DBQFCl2JIBOPsJyAQkeARAglpAKChjai/SSVils4LLAhvBHFw4GPF0gCgx50O > > 4JBov/gZcdie8jtIhnBLvGw= > > =1cGc > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > > > > -- > - Mark Shields > -- - Mark Shields -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
