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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>
Cc:        "FreeBSD_Questions (E-mail 2)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Wheel ?
Message-ID:  <20020719234230.GD7367@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi>
In-Reply-To: <71ED4DBF1EA19A45A3765CA9548BE30A2128@server1.electrosoftsolutions.com>
References:  <71ED4DBF1EA19A45A3765CA9548BE30A2128@server1.electrosoftsolutions.com>

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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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