Root/User Priveleges
How do I set priveleges for files/programs/commands for users? I'd like for my username to have close to root priveleges, so I can change system options, etc. I find that the NEVER BE ROOT! NEVER BE ROT!! philosophy is bit odd-- seeing as you have to SU to root to change system settings and there's just as much risk doing that. -- Deven
Re: Root/User Priveleges
on Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 03:09:26PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: How do I set priveleges for files/programs/commands for users? I'd like for my username to have close to root priveleges, so I can change system options, etc. I find that the NEVER BE ROOT! NEVER BE ROT!! philosophy is bit odd-- seeing as you have to SU to root to change system settings and there's just as much risk doing that. man sudo -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.com http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of Gestalt don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org Free Dmitry!! Boycott Adobe!! Repeal the DMCA!! http://www.freedmitry.org pgpx0qy3yzl1w.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Root/User Priveleges
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010728 15:15]: How do I set priveleges for files/programs/commands for users? I'd like for my username to have close to root priveleges, so I can change system options, etc. I find that the NEVER BE ROOT! NEVER BE ROT!! philosophy is bit odd-- seeing as you have to SU to root to change system settings and there's just as much risk doing that. I think when people say Never be root..., for one, it's highly unrealistic. Two, more likely they mean to always log in as a normal user and only su to root when you have to do something that requires root priveleges. When you're done, exit out of su. Hall
Re: Root/User Priveleges
On Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 03:09:26PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I set priveleges for files/programs/commands for users? I'd like for my username to have close to root priveleges, so I can change system options, etc. I find that the NEVER BE ROOT! NEVER BE ROT!! philosophy is bit odd-- seeing as you have to SU to root to change system settings and there's just as much risk doing that. The idea is that you do su - every time you need to do something as root. When you are done, you exit the root shell, so you cannot make mistakes in it. If you've set up the system right, you'll hardly ever need to be tweaking aspects of the system. Get used to having a truly stable system, that behaves like you expect it to behave. Every time you change something, you lose a bit of that stability. If you don't care about regularly making mistakes that cause your system to need a clean reinstall, then do go ahead and use the root login always, whether it is required or not. Cheers, Joost
Re: Root/User Priveleges
On Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 09:22:05PM +0200, Joost Kooij wrote: If you've set up the system right, you'll hardly ever need to be tweaking aspects of the system. Get used to having a truly stable system, that behaves like you expect it to behave. Every time you change something, you lose a bit of that stability. That's a good point, Joost. But newbies will always have that little hangover from their Windoze days when they tweaked something every morning, noon and night. C'mon, this need for tweaking in Windoze is a bloody industry :-) Sam -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com
