Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 18:19:05 -0700 From: Joshua <jolok@myrealbox.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to create another account with root privileges ? Message-ID: <20021010011905.GA17664@joloxbox.joshualokken.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0210091959180.670-100000@themis.cs.uh.edu> References: <87k7krlanz.fsf@pooh.int> <Pine.GSO.4.33.0210091959180.670-100000@themis.cs.uh.edu>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On or about Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 08:02:08PM -0500, Pranav A. Desai scrawled.. > Hi! > I have been asked to create admin accounts for a machine such that > all of them can access that machine as root but with different username > and password. > > Thanks > > -pranav > > ******************************************************************* > Pranav A. Desai > > Home :- (937) 294 1381 > ******************************************************************* > > On 9 Oct 2002, Kirk Strauser wrote: > > > > > At 2002-10-09T17:36:02Z, "Pranav A. Desai" <pdesai1@cs.uh.edu> writes: > > > > > How can I create a user account that can function like a root account with > > > the same prilieges ? I need to create three such account. Is it possible ? > > > > Short answer: you probably don't really want to do this. What problem are > > you needing to solve by having multiple root accounts? > > -- > > Kirk Strauser > > In Googlis non est, ergo non est. I'd say just put them in 'wheel' and use sudo, as was offered. Joshua -- God is a comic playing to an audience that's afraid to laugh. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9pNWJVBUDrg6wes8RAtnnAJ92ZK2gWEKGKQGp2ikhNqRjsSE8PgCeN6wR jIi6WTYYP9xxaFxUN/uYDug= =wxbU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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