From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 7 13:03:04 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 DAEEB106564A for ; Wed, 7 Sep 2011 13:03:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from richard@blueapex.co.uk) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.186]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67CD58FC13 for ; Wed, 7 Sep 2011 13:03:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.34] (brian.firebadger.net [82.69.4.157]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrbap4) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0LnBin-1RfrCM12NB-00hAU0; Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:03:03 +0200 Message-ID: <4E676B86.6020602@blueapex.co.uk> Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:03:02 +0100 From: Richard Collyer User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.21) Gecko/20110830 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.13 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4E6640F0.5060902@a1poweruser.com> <4E664F1C.5050702@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4E66A92C.8030406@a1poweruser.com> <201109061547.28019.beech@freebsd.org> <4E66B8A7.2010401@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <4E66B8A7.2010401@a1poweruser.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:Ff2p0o5yFBg809v1ONQwXMPl5CmXR0ig7vDvnkVtRen 5meTvJQGeu+Dt5D9xPf+m179IhwjcNljyy1AhZhBCYPlBWrcfe /Se3itU/LX+LICTZzLes1W2ECa+o2CjtVNmLSmymyb+x5dfovs NTKpMgWqxDLw6himjK1Jddk4zwYsXJSIcsT4AUfCG0z6FvG1lr RYmSwt5miBtdA9fANhk0qMMEaAttbw1nrKsjs7sAmLyl5TSRI4 rQnthr9AIC1hPQNM8QNQLUWTjNfXuHezv9DIRRB4FcvwcTuZ30 vlqECRLD8bchDjoc5uKtugQ7tlhXYLvFnmKitfjDUJaoudk1da 8yVrqVa+UnJjW1gqfflU= 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: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:03:04 -0000 On 07/09/2011 01:19, Fbsd8 wrote: > Thank you Beech. > I was entering the password of the user. > When I entered root's password the script containing mkdir worked. > > One remaining question. Is there any time limit on having root access? > I mean will root access remain until the user exits? > > Thanks again > No, once a users SSH session times out/is closed the root provledges are lost and you have to SU again. If they remain logged in they keep root privlidges (sp!) until they log out. Richard -- Richard Collyer Blue Apex Ltd 07900 997 380 Registered as a company in England and Wales (Reg Number: 05982514). Registered Address: 42 King Richards Hill, Earl Shilton, Leicester, LE9 7EY __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6442 (20110906) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com