assigning user root privileges

[Amit Dixit_2]

Hi,
I want to create a user on my HP-UX 11 so
that it is having all the privilges of su

Thanks,
Amit

[Joseph Loo]

hi amit,

if u r asking about granting another user with root privileges, this username must have a UID of 0.

regards.

[MarkSyder]

I would recommend using sudo so you can monitor what this user does.

Mark Syder (like the drink but spelt different)

[sreejith_4]

Hi,

You need to install sudo first.
get it from http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Sysadmin/sudo-1.6.7p5/

Thanks
Sreejith M

[Bharat Katkar]

Amit,
Super user is root and su (switch user) is a command.
If you want to create root equivalent user then try creating users with UID 0, that will work but it is not a good idea to have more users with root priviledges instead go for sudo as suggested earlier.

Regards,

[Sajeesh O.K]

Create the user with UID 0
But very careful

Sajeesh

[Sanjay Kumar Suri]

Previous post offers the way to do the same.

What is role/purpose that will be assigned to the new user with super user privileges?

sks

[KapilRaj]

User id with "0" is an option , but i would prefer sudo so that you have control over prevgs given.

Kaps