root password

[Eric D.]

on 26/5/02 09:57, Ian Fore at ianfore@att.net wrote:

> If you have set up any of your users to be able to use sudo it effectivel=
y
> allows them to become root. I believe that you could then use sudo with t=
hat
> account to reset user passwords =AD including presumably that of root.
>=20
> When you use sudo it will prompt you for a password =AD it=B9s asking for the
> password of the account you are logged in as rather than root itself.

How does one set up an account to have sudo privs? I tried sudoing with my
regular admin account to no avail. I'd have to login as root to be able to
do x-config type stuff.

Eric.