On Wed, 05 Dec 2001 09:44:42 -0600, you wrote: >On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 11:41:34AM -0300, Nicol?s Conde wrote: >> I'm new to Linux and I'd like to know how (if possible) to create a >> user with uid != 0 but that can do administrative tasks (add/delete >> user/groups, change permissions/ownership, run admin scripts such as >> 'updatedb', etc.). > >'sudo' lets you give non-root users the ability to become root for >certain commands. Its configuration file is /etc/sudoers, described in >the sudoers(5) man page. If I were you I'd ignore the long and detailed
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ man sudoers No manual entry for sudoers [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ man sudo No manual entry for sudo [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo bash: sudo: command not found I see reference to this command quite often, so went looking due to this thread. Did I not dselect something that I should have? putting the new in newbie--gt >description of the format at the top of the man page and skip down to >the examples near the bottom. > >-- >Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes I fear I am living beyond my mental means--Nash
