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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 18:24:34 -0800 (PST)
From: Woody Carey <wcarey@wcarey.com>
To: "Digital C." <admin@cyrebels.org>
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Subject: Re: user with root priviledges
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On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Digital C. wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> is it possible to make a new user with root priviledges? If so, how?
> 

Check out 'sudo'.  If you want to give a user permission
to do one or two things as root, it is the perfect tool.

 - woody



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