Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 14:37:45 -0500 (EST) From: "Tim Tonway" <tonway@fcuker.org> To: "Jerry McAllister" <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Really Dumb Question Message-ID: <60064.68.209.252.201.1099424265.squirrel@68.209.252.201> In-Reply-To: <60057.68.209.252.201.1099424059.squirrel@68.209.252.201> References: <4186DA65.9020909@ferrises.com> from "Dan Ferris" at Nov 01, 2004 05:52:53 PM <200411021925.iA2JPsV06192@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <60057.68.209.252.201.1099424059.squirrel@68.209.252.201>
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>>> >>> This is probably a dumb question. >>> >>> I need to add a user that can su to root. So.... >>> >>> I add the user with adduser, invite the user into the wheel group (GID >>> 0) then add the user to the wheel group in /etc/group >>> >>> su still fails. What am I missing? It's go to be something really >>> dumb. >> >> It might help to know what error you are getting. >> It is impossible to know what exactly you tried and what exactly >> you saw as the result, so it is difficult to know what to tell you. >> >> But, a comment anyway. >> >> You do not need to make the primary group be 'wheel', although I suppose >> you can if you like. The primary group for a user is the one they are >> assigned in the /etc/passwd (master.passwd) file. It is the one you >> give them with adduser. >> >> I would suggest making the user's primary group, whatever group you >> would >> make them for other than the 'su' consideration. >> >> Then, add them to the wheel group as one of their secondary groups by >> editing the /etc/group file and adding the user on to the wheel group. >> If, for example, the username is privuser, just add ',privuser' on to >> the end of the line defining the wheel group (minus the quote marks >> and without a space before the comma). >> >> Just edit /etc/group with vi. >> >> This way, you can move the user in to and out of the wheel group without >> affecting group ownership of the user's files. If you make the user's >> primary group to be wheel, the user's files will most likely end up >> with wheel for group ownership and you would have to change all that >> if you wanted to remove that user from the wheel group, but not delete >> the account. >> >> ////jerry >> > You can also use pw for this. > > To set primary: > > pw usermod -g group -n user > > To add a secondary group: > Typo Edit: > pw usermod -G group -n user > > > -Tim > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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