Server support

Hi,

Generally, you ought to give such an account, which will require administrative rights to look at website and other such server software, sudo access. No one should ever need the root password, and if they're asking for it, they might not know about best security practices.

Just as another side note, if you've asked or hiered someone to help you with server setup and management, they will most likely need sudo access, but not root access. I don't know of any instance in which a server admin would require a root password. Even with sudo access, an administrator can access root if needed.

Blake

Hi Blake,

Thanks for the reply. In most of the research I've done so far I read that giving out root password is not good. Thanks a ton for checking in.

Thanks,

cwi

Unless teh commands they can run via sudo is limited to a discrete list, there is no difference between giving a root password and giving sudo rights.