Most Unix systems have some way of letting ordinary users perform certain tasks as root or some other privileged user. SCO Open Server has asroot and can also directly assign authorizations such as backup privileges or being able to change other user's passwords. SCO Unixware/Open Unix 8 have a similar facility in tfadmin. Many Unixes, and Linux, use sudo. sudosudoers in Public bookmarkswith advicehowtolinuxsudosysadmintutorialby 2 users