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Date:      Sat, 01 Apr 2000 23:02:23 +0700
From:      "Benedict H" <hbenedict_fbsd@yahoo.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Fwd: Re: superuser
Message-ID:  <200004012302230310.00A0EEDC@smtp.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004010933340.19649-100000@iteso.mx>

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I have already add the user into the wheel group, but still the adduser=
 command can not be run and it comes with message 
"you're not root !"

Any more advise for me  ?

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On 04/00 at 9:37 AM De la Cruz Lugo Eric <eric@iteso.mx> wrote:

>Benedict: 
> 
>What Jeffrey mean is that you need to add the name of the user in the file
>/etc/group, in that file there is a line like this one:
> 
>wheel:*:0:root,jose,cacho  <--this one, you only need to add th user you
>daemon:*:1:daemon             want to give the speruser privileges.
>kmem:*:2:root                 don=B4t forget to use a "," to separate the
>sys:*:3:root                  user name ok? :)
>tty:*:4:root
>operator:*:5:root,bin
>mail:*:6:
>bin:*:7:        
>
>
>On Sat, 1 Apr 2000, Jeffrey J. Mountin wrote:
>
>> At 10:14 PM 4/1/00 +0700, Benedict H wrote:
>> >currently I use FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE on my machine and I have problem in=
 
>> >creating a non-root user
>> >that can have privilege of superuser (specifically to run adduser)
>> 
>> You did add them to the wheel group, right?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Jeff Mountin - jeff@mountin.net
>> Systems/Network Administrator
>> FreeBSD - the power to serve
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>
>
>
>HOPE THIS HELPS!
> 
>Eric De La Cruz Lugo.
>
>Greetings from Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, The Maya Land!
>

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