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--On Saturday, August 21, 2004 08:16:16 PM -0600 Jon Drews 
<jon.drews@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 01:59:23 GMT, Emon <jadukor@gawab.com> wrote:
>> Second, I did create a new user, but I wasn't sure wich group to
>> put it in, so I kept the GROUP field blank. Now I can't su to
>> root cos it say that I am not in the right goup(wheel). So what
>> does it mean & how do I solve this prob?
>
> Edit the /etc/group file and add your new account like so:
> wheel:*:0:root,$YOUR_ACCOUNT
>
Just curious....why would you do this rather than using pw?

pw usermod username -G wheel

I've always thought it was a bad idea to edit the passwd and groups file 
directly, because the dbs don't get built that way.

Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
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The University of Texas at Dallas
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