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    • DustinB3403D
      DustinB3403
      last edited by

      @aidan_walsh pretty much answered it, use your own account, and elevate to sudo if you need it.

      Using the "root" account leads to "who did it" questions.

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      • coliverC
        coliver
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        If you need root access just do sudo su. That way anything you do in that elevated prompt will be recorded as your user.

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        • AdaministratorA
          Adaministrator
          last edited by

          @aidan_walsh @DustinB3403 Thanks guys

          @coliver thanks, I had been using sudo -i, which doesn't work in centos with no entry in the sudoers file. Any other reasons not to use root if only one admin is managing the box?

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          • brianlittlejohnB
            brianlittlejohn @Adaministrator
            last edited by

            @Adaministrator Its just bad practice.

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            • coliverC
              coliver @Adaministrator
              last edited by

              @Adaministrator said in Sudoing a user in centOS:

              @aidan_walsh @DustinB3403 Thanks guys

              @coliver thanks, I had been using sudo -i, which doesn't work in centos with no entry in the sudoers file. Any other reasons not to use root if only one admin is managing the box?

              Bad practice. With sudo you often have to confirm your actions. It gives you a chance to change the command if you - a switch or rm -f /.

              I think @scottalanmiller has an article about the dangers of running as root.

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              • coliverC
                coliver
                last edited by

                If you join the wheel group you don't need to make an entry in the sudoers file. Wheel is the administrators/sudo group.

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                • AdaministratorA
                  Adaministrator @brianlittlejohn
                  last edited by Adaministrator

                  @brianlittlejohn thanks, yes I have heard this before, but I still don't understand why. Obviously you don't run a machine as root to work on documents and email. Only ever to make administrative changes to it. Never really got or found a direct answer to this question.

                  Edit because I was slower than @coliver: Got it, I will check that out, thanks!

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller
                    last edited by scottalanmiller

                    To use sudo on CentOS you...

                    • Add the appropriate users to the wheel group in /etc/group

                    • Uncomment the following line in /etc/sudoers

                      %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

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                    • dafyreD
                      dafyre @scottalanmiller
                      last edited by

                      @scottalanmiller said in Sudoing a user in centOS:

                      To use sudo on CentOS you...

                      • Add the appropriate users to the wheel group in /etc/group

                      • Uncomment the following line in /etc/sudoers

                        %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

                      Does that allow the user to sudo without having to enter a password?

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @dafyre
                        last edited by

                        @dafyre said in Sudoing a user in centOS:

                        @scottalanmiller said in Sudoing a user in centOS:

                        To use sudo on CentOS you...

                        • Add the appropriate users to the wheel group in /etc/group

                        • Uncomment the following line in /etc/sudoers

                          %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

                        Does that allow the user to sudo without having to enter a password?

                        Correct.

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