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Initial Settings : Add an User2014/07/08

[1] Add an User "cent" as an example below.
[root@dlp ~]#
useradd cent

[root@dlp ~]#
passwd cent

Changing password for user cent.
New UNIX password:    
# set password

Retype new UNIX password:    
# confirm

passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
[root@dlp ~]#    
# logout

[2] Try to switch to a user that was added above.
dlp login:
cent
   
# input user name

password:    
# password

[cent@dlp ~]$
su -
   
# switch to root

Password:    
# root password

[root@dlp ~]#    
# just switched to root

[3] Make a user be only a user who can switch to root as an administration user. (it's 'cent' in this example)
[root@dlp ~]#
usermod -aG wheel cent

[root@dlp ~]#
vi /etc/pam.d/su
#%PAM-1.0
auth            sufficient      pam_rootok.so
# Uncomment the following line to implicitly trust users in the "wheel" group.
#auth           sufficient      pam_wheel.so trust use_uid
# Uncomment the following line to require a user to be in the "wheel" group.
# uncomment the following line

auth            required        pam_wheel.so use_uid
auth            substack        system-auth
auth            include         postlogin
account         sufficient      pam_succeed_if.so uid = 0 use_uid quiet
account         include         system-auth
password        include         system-auth
session         include         system-auth
session         include         postlogin
session         optional        pam_xauth.so
[4] To forward to emails for root user to another user, set like follows. (it's 'cent' in this example)
[root@dlp ~]#
vi /etc/aliases
# Person who should get root's mail
# last line: uncomment and change to a user

root:
cent
[root@dlp ~]#    
# reload

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