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
--- Dirk Hunter hunterx4@ozemail.com.au HUNT4105@asas.qld.edu.auGold Coast Bushwalking www.bushwalking.home.ml.org
--- Dirk Hunter hunterx4@ozemail.com.au HUNT4105@asas.qld.edu.auGold Coast Bushwalking www.bushwalking.home.ml.org
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