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Date:      Sun, 22 Apr 2001 07:42:19 -1000 (HST)
From:      Vincent Poy <vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET>
To:        Bill Barnes <kgbsoft@yahoo.com>
Cc:        Mail List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: "not in correct group to su root"
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.31.0104220741100.4422-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET>
In-Reply-To: <20010422171935.64033.qmail@web13304.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Bill Barnes wrote:

>
> Message understood.
>
> Problem is I don't know how to change the assigned
> group.  Coming from a Debian 2.2 w/kde2 which has a
> nice utility to manage users.
> /stand/sysintsall only allows for entry of new users.
>
> How can I change this or delete the user and
> re-enter.
>
> TIA,
> -Bill

	Just edit the file /etc/group and on the first line:

wheel:*:0:root

	Add in the names of the users who you want in the wheel group so
if you wanted like bill, sam then it's.

wheel:*:0:root,bill,sam

	Hope this helps!


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