Re: Linux requires one to become an =?UNKNOWN?Q?instant=C2=A0systems?= administrator

Dude:

You can get a new battery.  They are just watch batteries.  You should
be able to find one at Walmart.

On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 15:36, Ian Bruntlett wrote:
> Nat wrote:
> 
> >There are some things you can do to simplify gettign in and out of root:
> 
> >1.a. Add youself to the "wheel" group in /etc/group
> >    wheel:x:100:root,<your_user_name>
> >1.b. Edit /etc/pam.d/su and follow the advice in the comments:
> >    # Uncomment the following line to implicity trust users in the 
> >'wheel' group.
> 
> BTW, I run SuSE Linux 7.1 and when I installed it it asked for a user id and 
> password for normal use and then a password for root use. 
> 
> So now I have 2 accounts on my system, "ian" and "root" and I only have to do 
> root stuff for fdisk or to change the system clock time (my system is so old 
> the BIOS CMOS backup battery is failing).
> 
> 
> Ian
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