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by **Andrew** » Wed, 02 Apr 2003 02:35:18

hi,
i'm a relative newbie to linux, and there are three questions i would
like to ask. the first two are about linux in general, and the third
is sort of specific to debian, the distro i'm using.

1)
is there a way from a shell / terminal to find out how much disk space
i've got left?

2)
how do i make another user a root user? i'm not sure what to put in
the sudoer file.

3)
using linux-ftpd or whatever ftp daemon comes with debian, i want to
let root log in. how do i do this?

any help in any of these areas would be greatly appreciated,
andrew

by **Jacob Westenbac** » Wed, 02 Apr 2003 02:51:11

Quote:> hi,
> i'm a relative newbie to linux, and there are three questions i would
> like to ask. the first two are about linux in general, and the third
> is sort of specific to debian, the distro i'm using.

> 1)
> is there a way from a shell / terminal to find out how much disk space
> i've got left?

$ df -h

Quote:
> 2)
> how do i make another user a root user? i'm not sure what to put in
> the sudoer file.

Sorry, no experience with sudo.

Quote:
> 3)
> using linux-ftpd or whatever ftp daemon comes with debian, i want to
> let root log in. how do i do this?

DON'T DO IT. I suggest you set up SSH, then use sftp instead.

Quote:
> any help in any of these areas would be greatly appreciated,
> andrew

by **Garry Knigh** » Wed, 02 Apr 2003 03:33:37

> how do i make another user a root user? i'm not sure what to put in
> the sudoer file.

Using sudo doesn't make another user a root user; it just temporarily gives
them root privileges. It may seem picky, but there is a difference.

Here's a sample /etc/sudoers (note the correct name) file that you can use
to get full root privileges with sudo and without having to input a
password each time:

root ALL=(ALL) ALL
andrew ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL

Note that you should change 'andrew' to your actual user name. Note also
that this is only secure if your box is secure (e.g. you run a firewall,
the box is a standalone workstation, other people don't have access to user
'andrew', and so on).

I recommend that you open a console and enter 'man sudo' and 'man sudoers'
for more information, especially the sections on logging.

--
Garry Knight

Linux registered user 182025

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