Whoops. Change the root password and configure sudo. Some people can be useful with full root access, others, well, you see what happens. =) For example, I'd never want my little brother to have root access, but it is ok for him (and my roomates) to use my cd burner: # User alias specification User_Alias BURNERS = adam, zibby, kbullock, andyzib, dieman # Cmnd alias specification Cmnd_Alias CDBURN = /usr/bin/xcdroast, /usr/bin/cdrecord, /usr/bin/mkisofs, /usr/bin/cdparanoia BURNERS ALL = NOPASSWD: CDBURN Pretty slick. Downside of sudo (from a usiblaty standpoint) is you have to define everything the frontend uses, I tried just putting xcdroast there with a no go. From a security standpoint, this is a good thing. Anyway, I'd suggest to your friend that she/he decide what admin is capible of handling what tasks, and assigning those tasks via sudo instead of root. As they learn more about UNIX/Linux, they can get more access. Another good thing for (for new users and root) to do is alias rm in the shell config. ( alias rm='rm -i' for bash and alias rm 'rm -i' for tcsh ) The -i switch makes rm be interactive, meaning it confirms before removing. Might prevent important things like /var from dissappearing. -- Andy Zbikowski, Sys Admin | (WEB) http://www.ltiflex.com LTI Flexible Products, Inc. | (PH) 763-428-9119 (EX) 132 21801 Industrial Blvd | (FX) 763-428-9126 Rogers, MN 55374 | (PCS) 612-306-6055 -------------- next part -------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org