RE: [cobalt-users] 32 admin limit

["Daren Cotter" <darenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I attempted to resolve this issue awhile ago...I created a user, say "bob",
and put them in the "admin" group. Then I put the user "bob" in one of the
sites' system administrators groups for a test. This does NOT work.
Technically, speaking in terms of the OS, is SHOULD work, but it just
doesn't. So, then I created a user and changed their home directory to
"/home/sites/" so every site would be visible when they logged in, just to
save some time...trouble with that is, when you delete a user from the RaQ
GUI, it deletes their Home Directory. So when I delted this user, yes
"/home/sites" was deleted...I had to use the restore CD to get back up and
running.

Bottom line, I spent a week trying to come up with a way to make something
like that work, to no avail. It's quite weak when you think about it, it
sure would be nice if our web development staff could have one user/pass to
access all the sites...but it's not NT and it's not just Linux, it's
cobalt's specialized version, so you pretty much just have to deal with it
=(

By the way, editing the /etc/passwd file in the first place terminates your
warranty  =)

P.S., If I'm wrong and there is a way to do this, I apologize, and I'd like
to know what it is!


Daren Cotter
[ Web Development ] - [ Database Administration ]
Prairie Lakes Internet
(507) 344-1318
darenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://web.lakes.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jim Carey
> Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2000 4:51 PM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] 32 admin limit
>
>
> please let the group know this one - I, for one, would also be interested
>
> cheers
>
> Jim Carey
> www.OZbcoz.com
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of James Riordon
> > Sent: Sunday, 1 October 2000 8:30 AM
> > To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [cobalt-users] 32 admin limit
> >
> >
> > I have hit the 32 admin limit it seems. My email for 22 new sites is
> > getting resent every hour to the recipients. What I need is this:
> >
> > What are the exact steps that I need to do to create new admins
> > (admin1, admin2, admin3 etc) and place them in the group and group-
> > files instead of  having admin in every site.
> >
> > I plan on using admin1 for 25 sites, then I will use admin2 for
> > another 25 sites etc.
> >
> > I need to know the steps to creating the new admins, if I need to
> > create new group I will need that too.
> >
> > Anyone who can help me with this will be great. You can email me
> > direct to keep from cluttering the news group.
> >
> > My knowledge is mediocre in linux, I have a Raq3 and I have currently
> > 48 virtual sites.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
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