Re: [newbie] letting users use root commands

2003-02-18 Thread Larry Williams
On Saturday 15 February 2003 01:39, Robert Wideman wrote: My issue is resolved. i had tried this before but didnt work at the time rpmdrake has 755 permissions on it by default. I had to change this to 775 AND add the user to wheel group. Also i checked the groups out by group username

RE: [newbie] letting users use root commands

2003-02-15 Thread Robert Wideman
My issue is resolved. i had tried this before but didnt work at the time rpmdrake has 755 permissions on it by default. I had to change this to 775 AND add the user to wheel group. Also i checked the groups out by group username and made sure i was listed as correct Working fine.

[newbie] letting users use root commands

2003-02-14 Thread Robert Wideman
I want to be logged in as my user rwideman and type rpmdrake and NOT have to type the root password. I know sudo can do this but what are the other ways? Rob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] letting users use root commands

2003-02-14 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-02-15 at 18:24, Robert Wideman wrote: I want to be logged in as my user rwideman and type rpmdrake and NOT have to type the root password. I know sudo can do this but what are the other ways? Rob Put yourself in the group root - that works...but then you have real power and