In general, that might be no good idea - better read about "sudo" if it suits your needs and give some users via sudo access as root for scripts etc. You can work with aliases and groups etc. inside sudo.
Laptop from my work has WIN 7 Enterprise, but I have no admin rights on it and under no circumstances I would change partitions. However it does boot from USB. As I want to use Linux on a regular basis while at home, and I need it to be fast and reliable (also on Win 7 side - so Windows won't... (5 Replies)
I am planning to choose my career as Unix/Linux Admin or a DBA. But I have come to know from forums and few admins like the job will be 24/7. I have few questions on that.
Can we get "DAY" shifts in any one of the admin Job ?
Can't we have shift timings in any company ?
Eventhough the... (7 Replies)
Hi Everyone,
I wanted to know if there is a printer management or administration group in AIX 6.1 by default or if one needed to be created. I've searched online and I can't seem to find a solid answer.
My goal is to allow two users the ability to add, delete, change printers without having... (2 Replies)
I'm trying to install OpenOffice on Solaris 11 but when I click on the setup icon I get an error message telling me that I need to have admin rights.
I've tried logging on as SU or ROOT but cannot. I don't see how to grant myself admin rights. How is it done ?
I know there are many many... (7 Replies)
Hello,
I have a small problem and would be happy if someone could help me to find a solution:
A machine ("server") makes backups of different computers ("clients") using rsync. Users and groups are keept, so that it's possible to copy them back to the client if required. The number of groups... (3 Replies)
How to give Admin rights to a group