From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 21 13: 6:49 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz (pinsoft.internet.co.nz [202.37.141.181]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AD591149F for ; Sun, 21 Feb 1999 13:06:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonc@pinnacle.co.nz) Received: from kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz (kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz [202.37.163.2]) by kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA16488; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 10:02:43 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 10:02:43 +1300 (NZDT) From: Jonathan Chen To: Robert Trosen Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: user In-Reply-To: <004b01be5c2d$88f6c530$3cf9c9d0@neteze.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Robert Trosen wrote: > how do i make users with rights like the root user The normal way is to add the user to group `wheel' in /etc/group. This will allow them to su(1) to root whenever they like (they need to know the root password as well). It's always better to do most things as a std user, and `su' only when required. -- Jonathan Chen Once is dumb luck. Twice is coincidence. Three times and Somebody Is Trying To Tell You Something. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message