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ADDPRIVUSER(1M)

 NAME

     addprivuser - give a user all system administration privileges

 SYNOPSIS

     /usr/sysadm/bin/addprivuser [ -auth auth-scheme ] username

 DESCRIPTION

     addprivuser adds an entry to the privilegedUsers(4) database.  This gives
     username the ability to run all of the privileged commands in
     /var/sysadm/privbin as if he or she were root.

     In order to run addprivuser, you must either be running as root or you
     must provide the -auth auth-scheme arguments and pass the authentication
     test.  If auth-scheme is unix, then must you type the root password when
     prompted in order to pass.

     The ability to run addprivuser is not itself a privilege.  root cannot
     give other users the ability to add or remove privileges.

     addprivuser will print and log a warning if an NIS user account is given
     all privileges because it enables the administrator of the NIS server to
     use privileges on this workstation by changing the password of a user
     account that has privileges.

 FILES

     /var/sysadm/privilegedUsers     Privileged users database

 SEE ALSO

     sysmgr(1M), runpriv(1M), checkpriv(1M), addpriv(1M), rmpriv(1M),
     adddefpriv(1m), rmdefpriv(1m), rmprivuser(1M), privilege(4),
     defaultPrivileges(4), privilegedUsers(4).