User with Admin Rights

[Suriya Prakash]

Hi,

See the below result.

I logged in as root

# usermod -g 0 admin
Login admin is currently in use

There is no file called /tcb in root.

so its not a trusted system.

#ps -ef | grep -i admin
the above command writen nothing.

[Jayakrishnan G Naik]

Hi Suriya,

You are root now. you changed the group.
have you set the passwd for admin?
if done, have you logged in with admin and its password?

Login and try first. Now try some admin commands.


Regards
Jayakrishnan G Naik

[Dennis Handly]

>I logged in as root
># usermod -g 0 admin
>Login admin is currently in use
>#ps -ef | grep -i admin
>the above command writes nothing.

You'll have to use the -F option or use vipw(1m).

[Jayakrishnan G Naik]

Hi Suriya

When you are logged in with admin, what does the following command outputs show?

#who
#w
#id

Regards
Jayakrishnan G Naik

[Suriya Prakash]

Dear All,

First tell me how to delete the user account admin.
i set the password.
i'm getting the error while trying to delete the user. "Login admin is currently in use".

Thanks,
Suriya

[Jayakrishnan G Naik]

Hi suriya

Can you give the output of the commands I mentioned?

# who
# w
# id
# id admin

Regards
Jayakrishnan G Naik

[Suriya Prakash]

Hi,

Check the below results.

It taken by login as admin.

# who
root pts/ta Nov 23 11:44
admin pts/tb Nov 23 11:45
# w
11:45am up 85 days, 1:35, 2 users, load average: 0.01, 0.00, 0.00
User tty login@ idle JCPU PCPU what
root pts/ta 11:44am -sh
admin pts/tb 11:45am -sh
# id
uid=0(root) gid=20(users)
# id admin
uid=0(root) gid=20(users)
#

Regards,
Suriya

[Dennis Handly]

>tell me how to delete the user account admin.
>I'm getting the error while trying to delete the user. "Login admin is currently in use".

You can use vipw(1m) and simply remove the user in question.

>It taken by login as admin.

Then you are done, admin has root access.

[Suriya Prakash]

You can use vipw(1m) and simply remove the user in question.

how should i use the vipw(1m), whats for this command?

what to do after enter this command?

Regards,
Suriya

[Johnson Punniyalingam]

>>>how should i use the vipw(1m), whats for this command?

vipw - edit the password file change

man vipw -> for more information

>>>what to do after enter this command?

in your earlier post you have asked
>tell me how to delete the user account admin.
>I'm getting the error while trying to delete the user. "Login admin is currently in use".

so if your using vipw -> you do the changes even though user is currently in use.