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class=359113100-14092006>Perhaps I too am missing the point -- This is all I
think there needs to be written, in regards to sudo:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=359113100-14092006>The root user must first add users to the sudoers list,
by using the "visudo" command. For help with the sudoers file format,
please see man (5) sudoers</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=359113100-14092006>Once the user has been added, the user can execute
commands with superuser privilege, simply by typing "sudo
command"</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> bblisa-bounces@bblisa.org
[mailto:bblisa-bounces@bblisa.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Doug
Hirsch<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 13, 2006 6:57 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
Michael Tiernan<BR><B>Cc:</B> Back Bay LISA<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [BBLISA] User
instructions.<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Michael,<BR><BR>Are you just looking for a sudo man page? See
<A
href="http://www.gratisoft.us/sudo/man/sudo.html">http://www.gratisoft.us/sudo/man/sudo.html</A><BR><BR>Doug<BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 9/12/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>Michael
Tiernan</B> <<A
href="mailto:michael.tiernan@gmail.com">michael.tiernan@gmail.com</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Does
anyone have (or know of) any documentation for end users who need<BR>to learn
how to do their tasks via 'sudo' instead of any of
the<BR>alternatives?<BR><BR>I'm not looking to reinvent the wheel. And
*PLEASE*, this is not a <BR>request or encouragement to
discuss/debate/pontificate about the<BR>rights/wrongs of this plan. I'm stuck
between a rock and a hard place<BR>and the brown river is
rising.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>