giving root access

> Set the user's uid to 0? Why bother with different users in that case though?
>
> <insert the usual many paragraphs about why multiple users
> with uid=0 is a very bad idea and shouldn't be done>
>
> - Philip
>
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thanks Philip for the help..i will download source for usermod and
then use it on my target. i am using busybox binary which does not
have the usermod support

On 2009-07-01 01:04 (-0700), zix wrote:

> Hi, I know there has been enough discussion on this, but still cant
> find the right answer.
> If I change the /etc/sudoers file by visudo and try to give any user
> root access, why cant i use adduser, or passwd?
>
> # User privilege specification
> root ALL=(ALL) ALL
> zix ALL=(ALL) ALL
>
> [zix@dns comps]$ adduser zix1
> adduser: unable to lock password file
>
> passwd sandy
> passwd: Only root can specify a user name.
>
> how do I make the change?any quick help please, somebody..

Sudo means access control through "sudo" command. So, try:

$ sudo adduser zix1
$ sudo passwd

That user (zix) needs to give his/her own address.

On 2009-07-01 01:04 (-0700), zix wrote:

> Hi, I know there has been enough discussion on this, but still cant
> find the right answer.
> If I change the /etc/sudoers file by visudo and try to give any user
> root access, why cant i use adduser, or passwd?
>
> # User privilege specification
> root ALL=(ALL) ALL
> zix ALL=(ALL) ALL
>
> [zix@dns comps]$ adduser zix1
> adduser: unable to lock password file
>
> passwd sandy
> passwd: Only root can specify a user name.
>
> how do I make the change?any quick help please, somebody..

Sudo means access control through "sudo" command. So, try:

$ sudo adduser zix1

That user (zix) needs to give his/her own address.

zix <zixenus.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 1, 1:10 pm, Teemu Likonen <tliko....RemoveThis@iki.fi> wrote:
>> On 2009-07-01 01:04 (-0700), zix wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > Hi, I know there has been enough discussion on this, but still cant
>> > find the right answer.
>> > If I change the /etc/sudoers file by visudo and try to give any user
>> > root access, why cant i use adduser, or passwd?
>>
>> > # User privilege specification
>> > root ALL=(ALL) ALL
>> > zix ALL=(ALL) ALL
>>
>> > [zix@dns comps]$ adduser zix1
>> > adduser: unable to lock password file
>>
>> > passwd sandy
>> > passwd: Only root can specify a user name.
>>
>> > how do I make the change?any quick help please, somebody..
>>
>> Sudo means access control through "sudo" command. So, try:
>>
>> $ sudo adduser zix1
>>
>> That user (zix) needs to give his/her own address.
>
> oops, then i dont want in that way..i want a user who has full access
> rites as root.how do i do that?no sudo...and yes, i do understand the
> security risks, so please no advice why i should not give fll root
> access to users
> i have tried addgroup...it didnt help..any other ways of doing that?

Set the user's uid to 0? Why bother with different users in that case though?

<insert the usual many paragraphs about why multiple users
with uid=0 is a very bad idea and shouldn't be done>

- Philip

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On 2009-07-01 01:49 (-0700), zix wrote:

> On Jul 1, 1:10 pm, Teemu Likonen <tliko....TakeThisOut@iki.fi> wrote:
>> Sudo means access control through "sudo" command. So, try:
>>
>> $ sudo adduser zix1
>>
>> That user (zix) needs to give his/her own address.
>
> oops, then i dont want in that way..i want a user who has full access
> rites as root.how do i do that?no sudo...and yes, i do understand the
> security risks, so please no advice why i should not give fll root
> access to users

I'd still use sudo. Just execute "sudo -i" first and it will simulate
root's login shell environment. Or if you want user's environment
execute "sudo -s" to just launch user's default shell with root access.
Once you have a shell with root's access, you don't deed to give sudo
command anymore, obviously.

If you want all this happen automatically without giving password nor
doing anything special, use "visudo" to add a line like this to
/etc/sudoers file:

zix ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

Then put a line like

[ $UID -ne 0 ] && /usr/bin/sudo -s # or sudo -i

to your login script (like ~/.profile) or shell init files (like
~/.bashrc).

zix <zixenus.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Set the user's uid to 0? Why bother with different users in that case though?
>>
>> <insert the usual many paragraphs about why multiple users
>> with uid=0 is a very bad idea and shouldn't be done>
>
> thanks Philip for the help..i will download source for usermod and
> then use it on my target. i am using busybox binary which does not
> have the usermod support

You could just edit the passwd file?

- Philip


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On Jul 1, 1:49 am, zix <zixe....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:

> oops, then i dont want in that way..i want a user who has full access
> rites as root.how do i do that?no sudo...and yes, i do understand the
> security risks, so please no advice why i should not give fll root
> access to users
> i have tried addgroup...it didnt help..any other ways of doing that?

You need to tell us the problem you're attempting to solve, not your
proposed solution. Odds are, other people have encountered the problem
you are having and know a good solution to it. But we can't help you
unless we know what your problem is.

For example, if the problem is that you have a headache, and you think
that limes will cure it, you might ask us, "How can I get the limes
into my head?". There is no way we could tell from that the answer is
"Aspirin will cure your headache."

So you need to tell us the problem, because your proposed solution is
likely wrong -- as you already seem to know.

DS