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List:       focus-apple
Subject:    Re: Mac OS X Allow this user to administer this machine
From:       Edward Marczak <marczak () radiotope ! com>
Date:       2006-08-06 17:41:54
Message-ID: 01EC3241-5881-4AB7-98B8-2F44D9505083 () radiotope ! com
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On Aug 5, 2006, at 2:39 PM, David Fedoruk wrote:

> What groups is this person added to when this box is checked? In OS X
> checking /etc/usr and /etc/groups will not be of much use so the place
> to check this is in NetInfo.

Exactly.  You'll see admins get added to the 'admin' group.


> I administer my Linux machines in somewhat the same way. I give myself
> a standard user account, but give that user sudoer rights. I rarely
> log in as root. I believe that OS X does things in a similar fashion.
>
> I am not sure I have everything listed here. Can anyone add to this?

/etc/authorization is the place to look for what authorizations a  
particular user/group has.

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