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You can restrict and enable administrative (sudo) access to users with the <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:users-admin">Users and Groups application</ulink>:
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Press <menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu><guimenuitem>Administration</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Users and Groups</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
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Press <guibutton>Unlock</guibutton> and enter your password
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Select the user who is to be given administrative access and press <guibutton>Properties</guibutton>
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administrative/C/administrative.xml:33(para)
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Select the <guilabel>User Privileges</guilabel> tab
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administrative/C/administrative.xml:36(para)
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Check the box next to <guilabel>Administer the system</guilabel> and press <guibutton>OK</guibutton>
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administrative/C/administrative.xml:39(para)
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To use sudo whilst using the command line (<menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>Accessories</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Terminal</guimenuitem></menuchoice>), simply type <userinput>sudo</userinput> before the command you wish to run. Sudo will then prompt you for your password.
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Sudo will remember your password for a set amount of time; by default this is 15 minutes, but can be changed. This feature was designed to allow users to perform multiple administrative tasks without being asked for a password each time.
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To use a <emphasis>root</emphasis> terminal, type <command>sudo -i</command> at the command line.
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To show a graphical password prompt, type <command>gksudo</command> at the command line, followed by the command you wish to run.
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