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Old 04-05-2012
how to setup An extra account with name 'unixuser' who can have the previlege to reset other users?

Hi

I want to setup an extra account with name 'unixuser' who has the previlege to reset the passwords of other users like eng or myuser (other user).

Please help me.. Waiting for a reply..

Thanks,
MJavalkar
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Old 04-05-2012
set up sudo for the user

Code:
man sudo

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