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Substitute for su root

Posted by HD Fanatic, 07-05-2011, 06:32 PM

Is there a method which will allow me to access all files on the server without having to logging in with root?

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Posted by zahirw, 07-06-2011, 01:08 AM

Create new user, assign password, add to wheel group under /etc/group, then vi /etc/ss:/sshd_config Change protocol to 2 Change PermitRootLogin to No Restart sshd Login as new user and entre -su Confirm root password and you're done

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Posted by CoderJosh, 07-06-2011, 11:21 AM

Instead of su, you could also use sudo.

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