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Date:      17 May 2004 08:45:01 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Stephen Liu <satimis@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to allow 'User-A' to burn CD
Message-ID:  <44k6zb2pf6.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040517121630.20539.qmail@web40304.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20040517121630.20539.qmail@web40304.mail.yahoo.com>

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Stephen Liu <satimis@yahoo.com> writes:

> What I expect to change is to allow User-A
> $ su
> password : using his own password instead of 'root
> password'

That's exactly what sudo is good for.

> > You will have to install the
> > security/sudo port and read up
> > on the sudoers(5) manual page and the visudo(8)
> > application used to
> > edit that file.
> 
> Noted with thanks.
> 
> What do these numbers (5) and (8) referring to.  Page
> number?

Section number.  See "man man", particularly the "examples". 



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