Thanks George.
On Friday 05 December 2003 05:11 pm, George Toft said:
~ Michael Havens wrote:
~ >
~ > How do you add a user to the sudo file and how does one use sudo? I tried
~ > 'sudo <comand>' but it responded that my user wasn't in that list and
that I ~ > would be reported (ouhhhh I'm scared now). I assume I was correct
in my usage ~ > but lets ask to make sure.
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~ I use a single sudoers file to manage 32 servers. Each group of people
~ have certain rights on certain computers - some common to all, some
~ specific to a box. Pretty simple once you get the hang of it. The
~ sample that comes with the package is a good template to follow.
~
~ One final note: Use "visudo" to edit your suders file. It performs an
~ idiot check (ie, sanity check) to make sure your sudoers file makes
~ sense. Trust me - if you forget your root password and subsequently
~ booger up sudoers, you get the opportunity to recover the root password
~ the hard way.
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