On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 8:11 PM, Low Chin Chau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I suspect you mean 'sudo' command, since anyone can 'su' as long as you know > the password.
That's not true. In some system su is disabled (well you can technically `sudo su`). Additionally PAM may disallow su through ssh. > you need to do 'visudo' as root > This will edit a file 'sudoers' typically in the '/etc/', you can find the > syntax for sudoers using 'man 5 sudoers' > Enjoy. > On Sep 1, 2008, at 8:34 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Try adding the user to the 'wheel' group. eg. vigr, usermod -a -G > > On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 2:00 AM, Yong Han <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> hi, >> >> sorry to ask such simple question: >> >> how to add user with the ability to do the su command? >> >> thanks in advance! >> >> yonghan. >> _______________________________________________ >> Slugnet mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq >> http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet >> > > _______________________________________________ > Slugnet mailing list > [email protected] > http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq > http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet > > > _______________________________________________ > Slugnet mailing list > [email protected] > http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq > http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet > > -- Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
