Becoming root

glenn greenfield yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Wed, 27 Aug 2003 18:15:37 -0700


> 
> please,
> 
> how may I become superuser? and how may I restart the service(service cups)
> 
> thanks for your help,
> 
> regis
> 

Hi Regis,

It would be better if you simply issued commands AS root without actually becoming root.  Just add your username to /etc/sudoers like
so:

regis          ALL=(ALL)       NOPASSWD: ALL

Then all you have to do is:

sudo <command>




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