From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 22 02:32:09 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09A5316A4CE for ; Sun, 22 Aug 2004 02:32:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ozlabs.org (ozlabs.org [203.10.76.45]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97F4A43D2F for ; Sun, 22 Aug 2004 02:32:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from blackwater.lemis.com (blackwater.lemis.com [192.109.197.80]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42B4C2BD9F for ; Sun, 22 Aug 2004 12:32:06 +1000 (EST) Received: by blackwater.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 5036851202; Sun, 22 Aug 2004 12:02:04 +0930 (CST) Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 12:02:04 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: Jon Drews Message-ID: <20040822023204.GQ92256@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <411E9639.2070609@spintech.ro> <8cb27cbf0408152126257ec1bc@mail.gmail.com> <4121E53D.7000900@spintech.ro> <20040817115042.GB38060@abigail.blackend.org> <4121FAE5.70605@spintech.ro> <20040817132341.GC38060@abigail.blackend.org> <20040819003107.GX88156@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20040819135254.GI20058@abigail.blackend.org> <20040822015923.27981.qmail@gawab.com> <8cb27cbf04082119161a05086f@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="tqN4RWvJTb9VNux/" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8cb27cbf04082119161a05086f@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Organization: The FreeBSD Project Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: File Manager X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 02:32:09 -0000 --tqN4RWvJTb9VNux/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Saturday, 21 August 2004 at 20:16:16 -0600, Jon Drews wrote: > On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 01:59:23 GMT, Emon 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 > > I would also suggest that you read Dru Lavigne's excellent online > tutorials on FreeBSD: > FreeBSD Basics: > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/ct/15 > > In addition I would recommend the following books: > > FreeBSD: An Open Source Operating System for Your Personal Computer > http://www.bsdmall.com/freebosforyo.html > > The Complete FreeBSD, by Greg Lehey > http://www.freebsdmall.com/cgi-bin/fm/bsdcomp4?id=TasN32Ms&mv_pc=119 The version that FreeBSD Mall is offering is obsolete IIUC (third edition). Take a look at http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/cfreebsd/desc.html for the fourth edition. Yes, we're talking about bringing FreeBSD Mall up to date. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Note: I discard all HTML mail unseen. Finger grog@FreeBSD.org for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --tqN4RWvJTb9VNux/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBKAWkIubykFB6QiMRApnVAJ9yqWmDSrd1i3NM1BqlrSQEZsqkYACdFhlI eP64QuIlpfVdrWEJNSRjEwk= =CqWZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tqN4RWvJTb9VNux/--