Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:14:49 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can login using root password, but not remotely with SSH Message-ID: <20071023001449.GB80547@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <18204.64615.764929.781460@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <20071022074758.5131513C4A5@mx1.freebsd.org> <1193065278.73574.42.camel@secretariat.lanl.gov> <18204.64615.764929.781460@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 03:39:19PM -0400, Robert Huff wrote: > > James writes: > > > Add yourself to wheel (which is the root group on FreeBSD, a name > > I believe it inherited from earlier BSDs, but I've no idea what > > the justification for choosing 'wheel' is; any BSD historians > > here - you'd be welcome to let us know!) > > Not sure, but I believe "wheel" predates UNIX. I have > certainly seen the idea on OSes that do. Wheel is 'big wheel' as in the hot shot who has the run of things and bosses folks around - or thinks he can. ////jerry > > Robert Huff > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20071023001449.GB80547>