Add the user to one or more of these groups: dialout, cdrom, floppy, sudo, (et cetera, see /etc/group). It won't make the user exactly root-like, but it's a start. Better to add more privileges as you see the need, rather than give blanket root privileges to another account, which kind of defeats the pur- pose of the user account protections.
Marc ---------- Marc Mongeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unix Specialist Ban-Koe Systems 9100 W Bloomington Fwy Bloomington, MN 55431-2200 (612)888-0123, x417 | FAX: (612)888-3344 ---------- "It's such a fine line between clever and stupid." -- David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel of "Spinal Tap" >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06/07 10:04 AM >>> > Is it possible to change the user-privileges to allow me a large degree of > freedom within the system as "user" (suppose it is, but how?!)