On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Tanstaafl <tansta...@libertytrek.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm guessing this is a sudo question, but I'm unfamiliar with the nuances of > sudo (never had to use it before). > > I have a new hosted VM server that I want to allow a user to be able to edit > files owned by root, but without giving them the root password. > > I already did: > > /usr/sbin/visudo > > and added the following line: > > %sudoroot ALL=(ALL) ALL > > and made sure the user is in this group, but they still get an access denied > error when trying to mv or cp files that are owned bu root. > > What is the best way to do this? I'd really prefer to not give them the root > password so they can su -...
The sudo command allows commands to be executed *as though they were root*. 'sudo su -' would work. So would 'sudo mv src dst'. So, incidentally, would 'sudo passwd root'... -- :wq
