It doesn't on mine either, but at very least you won't have the same
PATH environment variable, even though you have the privileges. On of
the snags with su, etc.

rharvey wrote:
> 
> that does not make the user truly the same as root.
> at lest it did not on my system
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 6:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [expert] root password
> 
> > Since I'm used to using linuxconf, that's how I'll explain it...
> >
> > In User Account|Normal|User Accounts add or select the user you want to
> have
> > root priveledges, and add that user to the root group You may be prompted
> to
> > correct the user's ~/home directory permissions if they were initially
> > created using the standard UID permissions.
> >
> > Microsoft and Novell both teach net admins to hold two or three
> > administrator accounts to protect against forgetfulness...
> >
> > Adding users with root access is just as easy as with novel or NT/2000.
> >
> > --Greg
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "rharvey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >
> > > how do you setup a second user to have the same access as root
> > > a user that will be able to change root password.
> > > In novell that is one of the first things we were taught was to have 2
> > admin
> > > accounts so you wont get locked out of your system.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Robert
> > >
> > >
> > >
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