Giving A User Root Privileges Linux
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Giving A User Root Privileges Linux
Post Description: I Am Playing With Linux, I Am The Administrator For A Linux Server I Am Using As A Virtualbox. Can You Show Me How To Change An Ordinary User Who Is Not Root As Root. In Other Words How Can I Create A User With Root Access?
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This Post Was Posted On Feb 13, 2010 By Weberly #3140
Post Description: I Am Playing With Linux, I Am The Administrator For A Linux Server I Am Using As A Virtualbox. Can You Show Me How To Change An Ordinary User Who Is Not Root As Root. In Other Words How Can I Create A User With Root Access?
Tags: Giving, A, User, Root, Privileges, Linux
This Post Was Posted On Feb 13, 2010 By Weberly #3140
Giving A User Root Privileges Linux by Weberly
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#3460 1
one way to do it is login as root, then edit the /etc/passwd file
under the user's profile, be suer to change the UID and Primary GID to 0
0 is always root
so should looks something like this:
NOTE: YourUser is whatever your username is
under the user's profile, be suer to change the UID and Primary GID to 0
0 is always root
so should looks something like this:
YourUser:x:0:0:mycomments:/home/YourUser:/bin/NoShell
NOTE: YourUser is whatever your username is
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