Sudo Full Practical Session

Introduction Before we proceed, it would be best to cover some basic user administration topics that will be very useful in later chapters. Adding Users One of the most important activities in administering a Linux box is the addition of users. Here you'll find some simple examples to provide a...

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Allow A Normal User To Run Commands As root Under Linux / UNIX Operating Systems

From my mail bag: I would like to run few commands such as stop or start web server as a root user. How do I allow a normal user to run these commands as root? You need to use the sudo command which is use to execute a command as another user. It allows a permitted user to execute a command as the superuser or another user, as specified in the /etc/sudoers (config file that defines or list of who can run what) file. The sudo command...

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