Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 14:18:44 -0700 From: Dan Ferris <dan@ferrises.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Really Dumb Question Message-ID: <4187F9B4.8080401@ferrises.com> In-Reply-To: <60064.68.209.252.201.1099424265.squirrel@68.209.252.201> References: <60064.68.209.252.201.1099424265.squirrel@68.209.252.201>
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Thanks for the suggestions. I figured it out, su was no longer suid root. I forgot, I had to copy /usr back and forth a few times when setting it up on vinum. Everything is cool, I have my user in their own group as primary and also in wheel. Dan Tim Tonway wrote: >>>>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" >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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