Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 07:03:38 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton <freebsd@nbritton.org> To: James Hong <freebsd-ml@nightmaestro.com> Cc: 'FreeBSD' <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: NEW: cannot ssh to my computer Message-ID: <41A1E3AA.6000808@nbritton.org> In-Reply-To: <200411221112.iAMBCPxj031034@trumpet.nightmaestro.com> References: <200411221112.iAMBCPxj031034@trumpet.nightmaestro.com>
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James Hong wrote: >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 > > > To my knowledge the wheel group has no "special" privileges and it's only purpose is to allow a normal user to become (su) root, thats it.
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