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From: "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz>
To: "Chris Hill" <chris@monochrome.org>,
	"Thomas Connolly" <tconnolly@electrosoftsolutions.com>
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Subject: Re: Wheel ?
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 20:42:42 -0500
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and after editing said file, rebuild
the password db....

KDK


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Hill" <chris@monochrome.org>
To: "Thomas Connolly" <tconnolly@electrosoftsolutions.com>
Cc: "FreeBSD_Questions (E-mail 2)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 5:08 PM
Subject: Re: Wheel ?


> 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.
> 
> --
> Chris Hill               chris@monochrome.org
> **                     [ Busy Expunging <|> ]
> 
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