From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 6 16:49:55 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D21B8106564A for ; Tue, 6 Sep 2011 16:49:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3fd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 612B48FC0A for ; Tue, 6 Sep 2011 16:49:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from unhexhexium.infracaninophile.co.uk (unhexhexium.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.187.76.166]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id p86GnWo8071980 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 6 Sep 2011 17:49:49 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.3 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk p86GnWo8071980 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=201001-infracaninophile; t=1315327789; bh=hx7b2KhMTemP5nF/7LUoL22ma6rW0lhlKHK34OiLoEc=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc:Content-Type:Date:From:In-Reply-To: Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Message-ID:=20<4E664F1C.5050702@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20T ue,=2006=20Sep=202011=2017:49:32=20+0100|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman= 20|User-Agent:=20Mozilla/5.0=20(M acintosh=3B=20Intel=20Mac=20OS=20X=2010.6=3B=20rv:6.0.1)=20Gecko/2 0110830=20Thunderbird/6.0.1|MIME-Version:=201.0|To:=20Fbsd8=20|CC:=20Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org|Subject:=2 0Re:=20wheel=20group=20&=20mkdir|References:=20<4E6640F0.5060902@a 1poweruser.com>|In-Reply-To:=20<4E6640F0.5060902@a1poweruser.com>| X-Enigmail-Version:=201.3.1|Content-Type:=20multipart/signed=3B=20 micalg=3Dpgp-sha1=3B=0D=0A=20protocol=3D"application/pgp-signature "=3B=0D=0A=20boundary=3D"------------enig476E60E257971FC4FEF0F71A" ; b=fmcci9dAZHSuBPDXLliuUnVkZ2uZXVdW2hvknpJoS3nHqR+9WYL/PFCJvfwi+Vflz Ad1Ui624V5wt2uJc+Rx6q1gISudAN0CTl3AmupVaNnW60Gi0svWGrd26K36+aXKV0W PJIPAZ9e4NETatGPG7khUkPh4D0q8s+UYNyr/Iwc= Message-ID: <4E664F1C.5050702@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:49:32 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:6.0.1) Gecko/20110830 Thunderbird/6.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fbsd8 References: <4E6640F0.5060902@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <4E6640F0.5060902@a1poweruser.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.1 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig476E60E257971FC4FEF0F71A" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.2 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, RP_MATCHES_RCVD, SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wheel group & mkdir X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:49:56 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig476E60E257971FC4FEF0F71A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 06/09/2011 16:49, Fbsd8 wrote: > I have a user that belongs to the wheel group but when the user tries t= o > issue mkdir command it gets a permission denied error. >=20 > How do I fix this? Make the directory that contains where your user is trying to create a new subdirectory writable by group wheel. Either that, or teach your user to use su(1) or sudo(1) so they can mkdir as root. (Adding users to group wheel so they are permitted to run su(1) is a BSD-ism, and is the usual reason for adding anyone to wheel.) Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig476E60E257971FC4FEF0F71A Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk5mTxwACgkQ8Mjk52CukIxmCwCfeTrJHsFRgpVVLz+c+m6lPSS3 FawAn2WMl57RtSxJQAnjgwvZnzbJi/K9 =Cwg9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig476E60E257971FC4FEF0F71A--