Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 18:08:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> To: Thomas Connolly <tconnolly@electrosoftsolutions.com> Cc: "FreeBSD_Questions (E-mail 2)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Wheel ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1020719180345.4455A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <71ED4DBF1EA19A45A3765CA9548BE30A2128@server1.electrosoftsolutions.com>
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On Fri, 19 Jul 2002, Thomas Connolly wrote:
> When I try to use the 'su' command I get a message stating that I am
> not in the wheel to become a super user. Can anyone tell me how to
> put myself in that wheel?
Edit the file /etc/group (maybe make a copy first). Find the line that
starts with 'wheel' and append your user name to that line, e.g.
wheel:*:0:root,joeblow,myusername
Next time you log in, you should be able to su root.
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Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org
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