[K12OSN] Adding and removing users without being in root

[norbert]

jconlon1 at elp.rr.com wrote:

> Is WEBMIN in the K12LTSP or do I need to go look for it some place?  
> I'm not the most savy Linux person so a little bit more detailed 
> response would help.
> Thanks again
> Pat
>
> Jim Hays wrote:
>
>>Webmin is definitely the answer to this.
>>
>>
>>Quoting norbert <bear2bar at netscape.net>:
>>
>>  
>>
>>>microman at cmosnetworks.com wrote:
>>>
>>>    
>>>
>>>>John P. Conlon wrote:
>>>>
>>>>      
>>>>
>>>>>I have a teacher who has three stand alone machines running K12LTSP 
>>>>>4.2.  I want to know if I can give her access to the add-remove users 
>>>>>GUI with out giving her access to root or the root password.  If I 
>>>>>can do this can someone please enlighten me on how to go about it.
>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>Pat
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>        
>>>>>
>>>>You might wish to consider the use of sudo for this.  However, this 
>>>>may end up giving her the ability to create her own username with a 
>>>>UID of 0, which would give her root.
>>>>
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>>>Hi John,
>>>
>>>You might try installing WEBMIN and creating a limited administrator 
>>>account with user priviledges.....
>>>
>>>norbert
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>>-----------------------------------------
>>Jim Hays
>>Technology Director
>>Monticello CUSD#25
>>Monticello, IL  61856
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Hi ,

As root you should have an icon "install additional software" open it 
and launch the webmin install.


norbert
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