why not root?

[danielr at ccs.neu.edu (Daniel Rinehart)]

> You should also look into a program named 'sudo' (generally pronounced
> soo-doo, although I usually rhyme it with judo), which allows regular
> users to execute commands as super user after typing a password, according
> to the configuration.  You can give your new user complete sudo
> privelages, so that you could type something like 'sudo make bzImage', or 
> whatever.

	Another program that I find very handy is called "su2". It's
similar to su in that you masquerade as another user, but you use your own
password to become that user and keep your own environment. Very handy on
systems were you want to give others access to a root shell but not give
them the root password. The software is a little tricky to compile as it
was written in late 1995, but a very handy tool if you get it up and
running.
	ftp://ftp.ccs.neu.edu/pub/sysadmin/

- Daniel R. <danielr at ccs.neu.edu> [http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/danielr/]

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