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Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 00:42:30 +0100
From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
To: Thomas Connolly <tconnolly@electrosoftsolutions.com>
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Subject: Re: Wheel ?
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On Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 04:01:18PM -0600, Thomas Connolly wrote:

> As I stated in a previous post I am new to both Unix and FreeBSD.
> 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?

Log in as root and run:

    pw group mod -n wheel -m tconnolly

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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