how to create a root equivalent user in linux?

[Mark Haney]

On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 09:40 -0800, M E Fieu wrote:
> Hi.. I want to create a user account in linux that have root right to
> do everything.  Is that possible?  I have done the following
>  
> in /etc/passwd    0 is the GID of root
> tong:x:512:0::/home/tong:/bin/bash
>  
> in /etc/group
> tong:x:0:root
>  
> but still doesn't work, any advice?
>  
>  
Yes.  Don't.  That's a good way to take a system apart accidentally.
However, if you insist on this, look at /etc/sudoers file.


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Mark Haney
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Fedora Core release 3 (Heidelberg) Kernel: 2.6.9-1.681_FC3 GNU/Linux 
12:41:04 up 21:52, 2 users, load average: 0.38, 0.38, 0.56 

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