Re: [cobalt-users] multiple admin logons

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

jale@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> 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.

This is a great question for a general-purpose Linux list.  Except for
one clarification...

Do you want an additional "admin" or an additional "root"?  They're NOT
the same thing.

> 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.

You can create a user manually (by changing /etc/passwd, and
/etc/shadow), and use the same user and group ID as either root or
admin, to create another use with the same prvileges.

I'm intentionally not going into more detail; this is a bit of a
security "issue"; I'd recommend reading up on it somewhere, and learning
it thoroughly, before doing it.

Jeff
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