On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Richard Troth <[email protected]> wrote:
> If I understand the requirement, then you probably want to create > normal users and simply add them to the /etc/sudoers file. That will > give them superuser authority via 'sudo', which is generally the > better way to do it. > Yes! That gets rid of the bulk of "stupid errors" which happen when a person forgets they have superuser authority. (Not all, but most - and I'm speaking from sorry experience.) --henry schaffer P.S. And if one has a *lot* of work to do - and typing sudo over and over gets annoying - then using % sudo bash can save that effort - just remember to exit asap ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
