Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 11:35:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: Andre` Niel Cameron <AndreC@Axxs.net> Cc: free bsd <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: User help Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10109271131330.43188-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <012b01c14781$f062bac0$a50410ac@olmct.net>
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On Thu, 27 Sep 2001, Andre` Niel Cameron wrote: > Is it possible to add a user to the group root? Kinda like windows > administrator group? > Regards, > Andre` C. > Technical Support > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes. The group is actually called the wheel group. As root, edit the /etc/group file and put a comma at the end of the wheel line and add the user's username, so it looks something like this: wheel:*:0:root,spike Save the file. User spike (assuming he exists) should now be able to become root using the su command and root's password. When you add a user either with adduser or sysinstall, there's a field for inviting a user into other groups. Typing wheel in the appropriate place adds the user the wheel group. Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: mall.daemonnews.org and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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