Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 12:02:04 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Jon Drews <jon.drews@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: File Manager Message-ID: <20040822023204.GQ92256@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <8cb27cbf04082119161a05086f@mail.gmail.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>
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--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 <jadukor@gawab.com> 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 http://www.freebsdmall.com/cgi-bin/fm/bsdcomp4?id=TasN32Ms&mv_pc=119 The version that FreeBSD Mall is offering is obsolete IIUC (third edition).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/--
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