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Date:      Sat, 10 Jan 1998 13:37:18 -0500
From:      Norman C Rice <nrice@emu.sourcee.com>
To:        mlaird@holli.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: USERS  & GROUPS
Message-ID:  <19980110133718.06265@emu.sourcee.com>
In-Reply-To: <34B7A135.622E44EC@holli.com>; from Michael Laird on Sat, Jan 10, 1998 at 11:26:29AM -0500
References:  <34B7A135.622E44EC@holli.com>

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On Sat, Jan 10, 1998 at 11:26:29AM -0500, Michael Laird wrote:
> When installing the freeBSD OS you are prompted to:
> 
> ADD USERS
> ADD GROUPS
> 
> I CHOSE ADD USERS and successfully  put in my own login and password.
> Later I was prompted about adding a password for root.  I used a 10
> letter
> password in uppercase.   After completing the installation I can login
> as a user
> but cannot get to superuser status.
> 
> Please advise where to look on the net or refer the necessary steps.
> 
> THANKS,    Michael E Laird
> 

Did you add the login name to the `wheel' group in /etc/group?
-- 
Regards,
Norman C. Rice, Jr.



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