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List:       yellowdog-newbie
Subject:    Becoming root
From:       "glenn greenfield" <rickenbacherus () linuxmail ! org>
Date:       2003-08-28 1:15:37
Message-ID: 20030828011537.29285.qmail () linuxmail ! org
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> 
> please,
> 
> how may I become superuser? and how may I restart the service(service cups)
> 
> thanks for your help,
> 
> regis
> 

Hi Regis,

It would be better if you simply issued commands AS root without actually becoming \
root.  Just add your username to /etc/sudoers like so:

regis          ALL=(ALL)       NOPASSWD: ALL

Then all you have to do is:

sudo <command>




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