user with root privilege

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Sounds like you have a couple of issue going on.  But let's start with the initial question.  You can add a user that is equivalent to root using the following command:

Useradd -c "Imitation Root" -d /home/root_user -m -k /etc/skel -s /bin/bash -u 0 -o -g root root_user

Or modify an existing user:

Usermod -g 0 -o root_user

This will however, prevent you from be able to audit that user correctly.  In syslog (auditlog), and most other auditing measures, this user will show up as root.  But if you don't care about user accounting (auditing), then you should be fine with the above statement(s).

As for your second issue, I have seen this happen once or twice, and it basically boils down to a one of a couple different things.  1)  There were actually updates available when your other user logged in. 2)  The up2date notifier needs a little bit of time (sometimes you must run u2date manually just long enough for the program to realize there aren't actually any updates) to change to the "normal" symbol.  3)  There are "ignored updates" which are available (and not previously downloaded), that don't register as ignored.  Manually reset those ignored packages to "ignored" and it should be OK.

HTH

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From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of boby
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 10:43 AM
To: fedora
Subject: user with root priviledge

Hello 

how can i create a user with priviledge rot.
i know that i can add the user to the root group .
but even when i add the user to root group it can not 
be the same as root . system always ask me to enter
root password to chang some thing .
i want some thing exactly like root.
the other thing is i up2dated my computer with root
login but when one of my colleage enter to the same
computer with his login name up2date is red and i
should up2date it again,however i can not uptodate
because i am not a root ...... is fedora kepp track of
their clients by the name of user ? because it can not understand that user is in the same computer i have upgraded already .


thanks to all 
 


	
		
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