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Old 10-21-2010
Similar rights to root account
hi guys
I am using a monitoring application for some linux, but in order to monitor these linux the application needs the root account.... my problem is the company I work for for security policies root account is not allowed... so how can create a similar account like root to grant access to this monitoring tool to my linux

is there any way to create similar account like root

thanks a lot
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Old 10-21-2010
Sudo is the usual tool, especially on Gnu/Linux, to do that kind of things.
 
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