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Date:      Fri, 28 Jul 2000 09:50:14 -0500
From:      "Sean Heber" <sheber@mwci.net>
To:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Can't become root..
Message-ID:  <001701bff8a3$2461f360$05172dc6@seanheber>

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Ok, this is a stupid question and I fully understand if it's laughed at..
:-)

Last night I began an FTP install of FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE over my modem.
This morning it was done.  So, I rebooted into it and added a new user for
myself.   Then I went to work.

My plan was to mess with installing the various ports and things I want
during free time at work.  Since I have a modem, this takes a long time
(which is why I wanted to do this all at work so when I got home things were
ready to play with).

Unfortuntatly, I forgot to put myself in the wheel group and so I can't su
to root.  And root is, of course, not allowed to login via telnet by
default.   So..  Is there ANY possible way around this or am I just stuck
until I get home?

*hangs head in shame*

Thanks,
Sean



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