On 15 Feb 2002, Mahesh Gharat wrote: > open /etc/passwd and make uid 0 for that non-root user.
not a good idea. when that new user tries to change his password, it will change root's password, but not his. This is so because passwd checks the uid, and looks in /etc/passwd for first account with that uid. Basic answer is don't give any other user root privilidges. If a user needs some kind of installation privilidges, put him in the wheel group. Also configure pam to use the wheel module. Alternately, sudo can be used. -- If you are smart enough to know that you're not smart enough to be an Engineer, then you're in Business. _______________________________________________ http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
