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Operating Systems Solaris New root account with Different UID number Post 302685551 by zaxxon on Monday 13th of August 2012 05:05:05 AM
Old 08-13-2012
While it is technically possible, it is not a clean way to fit another user with root permissions. They could also just modify original root. So you are better off with either checking if your operating system supports RBAC or sudo to assign only those permissions needed for tasks by the users.
 

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ekiga-config-tool

EKIGA-CONFIG-TOOL(1)					      General Commands Manual					      EKIGA-CONFIG-TOOL(1)

NAME

       ekiga-config-tool - Ekiga GConf Setup Configuration Assistant.

SYNOPSIS

       ekiga-config-tool [options]

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual  page  documents  briefly  the  ekiga-config-tool program.	This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution
       because the original program does not have a manual page.

       ekiga-config-tool is used to (hopefully) solve all gconf related problems with installing ekiga on your computer.

OPTIONS

       This programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two  dashes  (`-').     A  summary  of  options	is
       included below.

       --clean
	      Remove all user settings

       --install-schemas
	      Install schemas with settings default (run as root)

       --clean-schemas
	      Remove all schemas with settings default (run as root)

       --fix-permissions
	      Fixes permissions on GConf repository directory (run as root)

       -?, --help
	      Show this help message

NOTE

       I would not recommend using this tool to fix things if your gconf setup fails.  Debian should not need this, so, use at own risk.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Sander Smeenk <ssmeenk@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

								   June  4, 2002					      EKIGA-CONFIG-TOOL(1)
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