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how to give a user full permission the same as root, and disable root!!

  • Posted January 16, 2014

Hi, I have an issue with giving a user full permissions to control the server the same as root. I created a user and gave permissions, but when I turned the use of DNS off I got the user out of editing everything.

I followed this tut here to create a user: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-add-and-delete-users-on-ubuntu-12-04-and-centos-6

now I’m locked out and can’t use root as well as the user itself.

even through the SFTP the user can’t get in to edit any file.

is there a method on how to add a user and give that user full permissions the same as root.

I searched around the net, but the solutions are not really doing any of the job since they are messy to some level and not accurate.

your comments are welcome!!

Thanks,

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Kamal Nasser • January 19, 2014

Which directories do you need to write to?

FMCB • January 17, 2014

Thanks @Kamal for the answer. <br> <br>I still need to add sudo in front of command line I type, but that’s not bad. <br> <br>The thing is that I can’t do anything from the SFTP even after following the 4th step in the article provided… am I missing something here??

Kamal Nasser • January 16, 2014

Check out Step Four of the following article: <a href=“https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/initial-server-setup-with-centos-6”>https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/initial-server-setup-with-centos-6</a>.

FMCB • January 16, 2014

I found similar question, but not quiet exact thing I was hoping for :https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/permissions-sftp-v-wordpress <br> <br>I want the user to have the same privileges as root… <br> <br>any idea???