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Re: [vox] SSH Login



begin karthikeyan <karthikeyan@aspiresys.com> 
> Hi All,
> 
>   I m new to this admin stuff.  I have an SSH root login access to my
> friends server at florida. My question would be how to create a login less
> powerfull then [root] so that i can share with a person who is trying to
> build a Control Panel for our Hosting Site.  I know how to create user using
> [useradd <user name>].
 
hi karthikeyan,

what about useradd doesn't suit your needs?

if you're interested in giving a non-root user access to certain files,
that is exactly why the notion of a "group ownership" is so useful.

can you give more information?

pete

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