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correct me if im wrong, but just because user is a part of WHELL group does
that mean he/she is a root ? or equivlent of root ?

I know lot of things like "su -" may require you to be wheel group but Im
not sure why a user has to be non wheel group in order to log in.

I think using SUDO is better than putting any user in to wheel too. but
thats just me.

James H
 

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From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Rob
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Subject: Re: NEW: cannot ssh to my computer

Panagiotis Christias wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 00:05:33 -0500, Ivan Georgiev <georgiev@vt.edu> wrote:
> 
>>Just another thing ...
>>
>>If I remove myself from the group wheel then I CAN ssh to my computer; 
>>if I put myself back to wheel - then CANNOT ssh to the computer.
>>
>>How can I ssh and be a member of the wheel group?
> 
> 
> In that case, maybe "PermitRootLogin yes" in /etc/ssh/sshd_config and 
> restarting sshd would help.

For testing purpose, yes.
The default is "no". I think allowing root login in a not-secure environment
is a bad idea.

R.


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