Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 10:22:17 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: branson@longstreet.larc.nasa.gov (Branson Matheson) Cc: terry@lambert.org, witsend@cwv.net, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Need Help Message-ID: <199603281722.KAA03703@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199603281337.IAA21163@longstreet.larc.nasa.gov> from "Branson Matheson" at Mar 28, 96 08:37:20 am
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> > You must add any users you wish to allow to become root > > using the su command to the group "wheel" in /etc/group. > > A better solution than this is a program called sudo... it allows you > to run a command as root from your login.. it is highly configurable. > If password security is not that much of a concern... you might also > look at runas .. it does more of less the same thig but you won't need > to enter a password to run a command. The Wordperfect install is unlikely to be in the default "sudo" list of programs that can be run. 8-). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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