I tried the sudo appraoch.. but unless I'm missing the point something is wrong (or right.. depending on your point of view)
If I add myself to sudoers and then try to "passwd root".. I get a msg that only root can specify a name to the "passwd" command..
However.. the "second root account" approach is perfect and is exactly what I needed.. so thanks! :)
Cheers
Kel.
Sean Estabrooks wrote:
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 12:02:59 +0100 Kelerion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I was wondering if there was another way around this.. I was thinking that there might be a way to setup "su root" to accept *my* login as a trusted user and therefore not ask me for a password when I "su root".. then I can simply su and change the password back again that way..
One option is to create a "sudo" entry for yourself to allow use of the passwd command to change root password.
If you really want to go overboard you can create a second root account: useradd -u 0 -o noboss ; passwd noboss
Securely yours, Sean
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