RE: [cobalt-users] multiple admin logons

["Jolley, Carl" <Carl.Jolley@xxxxxxx>]

-----Original Message-----
From: jale@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jale@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 10:15 AM
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cobalt-users] multiple admin logons


Is there a way (RAQ 3i) to have additional super-users? I want to create 
other users with admin privileges so I don't have to logon as admin to do 
what I need to do. I want other logons with their own password but able to 
do what admin does. For instance, if admin password gets fouled up I want 
to be able to logon as another admin-person to fix it. I can then also give 
my administrators a logon that I can disable if/when necessary.
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You _might_ want to consider editing the /etc/passwd file for the
specified users and set the uid field to 0. Then that users would
effectively be root. Be aware though that any such users can reboot
your severe and/or shut it down as well as remove any file(S). Note
also that such a user can change the root and admin passwords, effectively
locking you out of the server.