On 30 Jan 2002 at 7:24, Prasad Bijur wrote:
> Is there any way of giving all root privileges to a
> new user? I need this to install a package under /usr
> directory but its not allowed because the user does
> not have the permissions to create a directory under
> /usr. I am using Mandrake 8.1

Use su and use root password.

And you are opening a security hole bigger than an elephant if more than one 
people know root password.. Remember that..

 Shridhar


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