Becoming root
glenn greenfield
yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Wed, 27 Aug 2003 18:15:37 -0700
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> please,
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> how may I become superuser? and how may I restart the service(service cups)
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> thanks for your help,
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> regis
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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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