yes I use sudo .This way other users can run cmds as defined by sysadmin in sudofile as root. Similar discussion took place before .U can see in archives. Balanand
-----Original Message----- From: brian welsh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 9:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: root or sudo Hello, I have a question about the root-account. We have 1 NSM-server (TSM on AIX, rs6k H70) and for some jobs our TSM-administrator have to log in into AIX for stop and start TSM, varyoff the ADSMVG during mksysb, varyon after mksysb, sometimes reboot and so on. Now we use the root account, but we know it's better to not use the root account. I guess there are two scenario's: Besides the root-account we create another very powerfull user to do the jobs as describes above. We let the root-account rest, and work with the new account. Pro: when something went wrong with the new account, we always have the root-account. Second. We create a kind of 'read'-account and if we have to do something on the system as root we use sudo. Is it necessary to have, besides root, another (sleepy) powerfull account. Any information is appreciated. Thanx, Brian. _________________________________________________________________ Chat on line met vrienden en probeer MSN Messenger uit: http://messenger.msn.nl
