Re: Giving a user root access

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Also as an alternative you can use rsh/rlogin.

edit /root/.rhosts
add:

localhost username

make sure rshd rlogind have the -h parameter in /etc/inetd.conf

using rsh/rlogin the user can rsh or rlogin as the root user locally

-----Original Message-----
From: Dirk Hunter <HUNT4105@asas.qld.edu.au>
To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
Date: Wednesday, August 12, 1998 4:32 AM
Subject: Giving a user root access

Hi,

Is it possible to give a user root access to a machine without using
su???

Dirk Hunter

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Dirk Hunter
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HUNT4105@asas.qld.edu.au

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Dirk Hunter
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HUNT4105@asas.qld.edu.au

Gold Coast Bushwalking
www.bushwalking.home.ml.org

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