Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 07:57:07 -0500 From: "Mark A. Hummel" <mhumm@ispchannel.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Annelise [Superuser Help] thnx Message-ID: <3927DD23.653FABD0@ispchannel.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005201947220.4168-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
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Annelise, Thank you for the insight. I had already figured out that the password alone wasn't enough, but editing the /etc/group file will definitly come in handy. Thanks again. Feel free to take on many other newbie questions from me until I get my system up and running. Mark Annelise Anderson wrote: > On Sat, 20 May 2000, Mark A. Hummel wrote: > > > I just installed BSD 4.0 from CD. I've added myself as a normal user. > > How do I make another login for myself as the superuser? > > > > Mark > > > The superuser account already exists. It's called root. You can > log in as root at the console (not remotely, that is). > > During the install you were asked to give root a password. You'll > need this password. > > If you want to use the su command to change from an ordinary user > to root, that user needs to be in the group wheel. You can add a > user to that group by editing /etc/group and at the end of the > line that begin with wheel, add a comma and the username (no spaces). > > Then you type su <enter> and you'll be asked for root's password. > > Annelise To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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