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Is there any way to create a user with partial root permissions on a GNU/Linux system?

For example: A user who can use the useradd and userdel tools, but nothing else besides regular user permissions. (Don't ask me why, I'm just curious as to if it's possible at all.)

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  • Maybe something like a superuser??
    – 50-3
    Commented Sep 14, 2013 at 13:15
  • No, because a superuser usually has all permissions. I want a user with only a part of those.
    – mid_kid
    Commented Sep 14, 2013 at 13:20
  • Note How you added usually... a superuser will commonly have elevated privileges compared to that of a regular user. Elevated doesn't equal all it can include all but isn't equal to.
    – 50-3
    Commented Sep 14, 2013 at 13:28
  • Exactly, and I'm asking how to create a superuser or user (I don't care which, as long as it's separate from the system's "root" user) which has some of those elevated permissions, but not all.
    – mid_kid
    Commented Sep 14, 2013 at 13:33

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If you use sudo, you can specify by-command rights to users :

As an example, adding this line in your sudoers file :

bob localhost=/sbin/halt

Will grant user bob the right to run halt on local system via sudo halt, but no other right.

For more informations about sudoers syntax, you can take a look to its man page.

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