On Mon, Mar 29, 1999 at 02:25:41PM +0200, Sami Dalouche wrote: [some stuff] > > However, How to remove user from groups (without VI) and is there a way to > have all root permission without being root (UID 0) because some programs > don't want to run as root ?
You should look into the sudo command. That allows you to give root access to certain people, or to only give access to certain commands. I use it as a smokescreen to keep myself from doing something dumb: if I can't run something without sudo, I take a good hard look at what my system is trying to keep me from screwing up. Rob -- The door is the key.
