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Re: user account
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Tim Edwards <[log in to unmask]>
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Tim Edwards <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:40:16 +0200
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On 29/04/10 07:53, vivek chal wrote:
> hi all,
> 
> i have a user account named globus and i want to give it all the
> administrative privileges 
> 
> 
> 
> What is the command to do it.

As root run 'visudo' and add a line like this:
globus     ALL=(ALL)  NOPASSWD: ALL

This will give globus the ability to run any command as root by putting
sudo before it, without being prompted for his/her own password, eg.:
sudo service something restart

Tim

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