====== using sudo ====== ''sudo'' allows to run //superuser// commands as a normal user (in the meaning of //becoming ''root''// for a certain action -- without knowing the root password. Therefore those users who are allowed to //do-as-a-superuser// must be defined in a //sudoers// list. ===== RHEL / CentOS / .. ===== * become ''root'' to configure the //sudoers// su * edit the sudoer's list using ''visudo'' $> visudo * enter for each user the id and the applications she/he is allowed to ''sudu'' them, e.g. for the //TSM// client: %YOUR-GROUP ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/dsmc, /opt/tivoli/client/ba/bin/dsmc **important**: the line must start with an percent sign (''%'') ===== other linux version ===== FIXME