Re: how to set up 'no need for ability to handle multiple users on machine'
- From: Garry Knight <garryknight@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:45:31 +0000
Paul J Gans wrote:
The only function root normally has is to get system mail when
the system wants to complain to root.
Or to install software packages.
Or to make changes to config files in /etc.
Or to read -rwx------ files in /etc or elsewhere.
Or to configure new hardware.
Or to install fonts to be available for all users.
Or to add new users and groups to the system, or delete or change them.
Or to configure the firewall.
Or...
Yes, I know those can all be done by any user that's a member of an admin
group, e.g. wheel, or by anyone listed in /etc/sudoers, but they have root
privileges when they do so, even if they're not the user with id=0. So
there's really only a semantic difference rather than a functional one.
--
Garry Knight
garryknight@xxxxxxx
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