iTOOL wrote:
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> However, I have one more simple (?) question in regards to users privledges.
> As per the instructions during installation I create a different or new user
> other than root. However, I've been using root all this time for my
> configuration and learning of this system. I've been told time and time
> again that I shouldn't be using the root, so I went into linuxconf to change
> the permissions of the one user I did create. I wanted to give that user
> SuperUser access, the ability to run linuxconf, and view the system logs.
> However, after setting these options, and loggin in as that user, I'm still
> restricted. I cannot run linuxconf, nor can I peruse the /var/log
> directory. I've gone back into linuxconf as root and the changes I made for
> that user still exist as I set them, but none of them are in effect.
Welcome to the inconsistent world of linuxconf tool. It is crappy even
though RedHat and Co. seem to have a different opinion. I abandoned it
for direct/manual script file configuration,and then that too for SuSE,
and YAST - simply amazing/versatile config. powers
