Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 20:42:42 -0500 From: "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: "Chris Hill" <chris@monochrome.org>, "Thomas Connolly" <tconnolly@electrosoftsolutions.com> Cc: "FreeBSD_Questions (E-mail 2)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Wheel ? Message-ID: <00fa01c22f8e$be105c80$78e2910c@fbccarthage.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1020719180345.4455A-100000@localhost>
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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 <|> ] > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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