From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 4 13:32:18 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA09683 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 4 Nov 1997 13:32:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from jason04.u.washington.edu (root@jason04.u.washington.edu [140.142.78.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA09678 for ; Tue, 4 Nov 1997 13:32:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jcwells@u.washington.edu) Received: from saul4.u.washington.edu (root@saul4.u.washington.edu [140.142.83.2]) by jason04.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id NAA30812; Tue, 4 Nov 1997 13:32:12 -0800 Received: from S8-37-26.student.washington.edu (S8-37-26.student.washington.edu [128.208.37.26]) by saul4.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.04) with SMTP id NAA25653; Tue, 4 Nov 1997 13:32:11 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19971104213529.007bc200@jcwells.deskmail.washington.edu> X-Sender: jcwells@jcwells.deskmail.washington.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Tue, 04 Nov 1997 21:35:29 +0000 To: "Shan-Min Chao" , From: Jason Wells Subject: Re: Super User In-Reply-To: <01bce8e3$d50ab440$10a088d0@dell> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 21:38 11/3/97 -0800, Shan-Min Chao wrote: >Hi! >1) I have a PS/2 mouse and keyboard, and I am currently trying to install >FreeBSD 2.2.2. It's registering a conflict in the port address between the >keyboard and mouse device, and I can't find a way around it. I need a mouse I don't know much about ps/2. I recall reading that ps/2 mouse is not supported. >2) I have trouble logging on as super-user using any of the normal user >accounts I created during setup. I get an error of something like "Not in >the correct class to su root". Please help me. Also, I can't press >backspace and erase any mistakes I type when I log on as a normal user, >because it prints ^ and a character when I do so. When I log on as root, >this doesn't happen. In order for a user that has already logged in to 'su root' that user must be in group 'wheel'. Edit /etc/group and add your username to the group 'wheel'. Read 'man group' for the correct syntax. >I appreciate your helping me. I am a beginner at UNIX and greatly >appreciate any help you guys can give me. I know my questions sound like >they come from an imbecil, but I am taking a brave new step in a new >frontier. Thank you very much for having a tech support line. Your welcome very much. This is not a tech support line really. Everyone on this list volunteers their time. All kinds of people from all different places are here. Very few of them are FreeBSd core members. We were all beginners once. Except Doug White, he was born precompiled with the 'options UNIX' statement. Don't be to bashful about asking questions. Have fun, Jason Wells