Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 12:20:52 -0500 From: "Matthew Koivisto" <mkoivist@nortelnetworks.com> To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Please help! Message-ID: <E1A4B2CC91EBD1118A510000F80836F803ECAB8A@zwdld002.ca.nortel.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Or you can edit the /etc/group file and make the wheel line look like wheel:*:0:root,user where user is the id that you want to add. Matt -----Original Message----- From: Philip M. Gollucci [mailto:gollucci@wam.umd.edu] Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 12:15 PM To: Clinton Roane Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Please help! when you are root, change your personal user's group to 'wheel' or 0 in the password database ! **************************************************************************** * Philip M. Gollucci (p6m7g8) Web-site : http://www.p6m7g8.com E-mail : gollucci@wam.umd.edu Philip@p6m7g8.com Phone : 301.249.6261 (Home) 301.314.3118 (College) Major : Computer Science Minor : Classical & Jazz Performance Current Job : Science, Discovery, & the Universe Webmaster URL: http://www.sdu.umd.edu Resume : http://www.wam.umd.edu/~gollucci/resume.html **************************************************************************** * On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Clinton Roane wrote: > Ok, I've set up FreeBSD, I am root but I don't want to be in the system as > root all the time. When I log into my regular account and try to su it says > "your are not a member of the right group to use su". HOW do I become su > and how do I add groups?? > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > How do I set up are allow individual users of my system to set up there own > X Window enviornment. For instance, I like windowmanger, someone else wants > to use KDE, and another wants Gnome. How do I set this up? The default > choice of xfree sets up everyone's X Window the same. > > Any help and/or direction to help would be much appreciated. Thanks > > Clinton Roane > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2654.19"> <TITLE>RE: Please help!</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=2>Or you can edit the /etc/group file and make the wheel line look like </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>wheel:*:0:root,user where user is the id that you want to add.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>Matt</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Philip M. Gollucci [<A HREF="mailto:gollucci@wam.umd.edu">mailto:gollucci@wam.umd.edu</A>]</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 12:15 PM</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: Clinton Roane</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: Please help!</FONT> </P> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>when you are root, change your personal user's group to 'wheel' or 0 in</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>the password database !</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>*****************************************************************************</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Philip M. Gollucci (p6m7g8)</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Web-site : <A HREF="http://www.p6m7g8.com" TARGET="_blank">http://www.p6m7g8.com</A></FONT>; <BR><FONT SIZE=2>E-mail : gollucci@wam.umd.edu </FONT> <BR> <FONT SIZE=2> Philip@p6m7g8.com </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Phone : 301.249.6261 (Home)</FONT> <BR> <FONT SIZE=2> 301.314.3118 (College)</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Major : Computer Science </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Minor : Classical & Jazz Performance</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Current Job : Science, Discovery, & the Universe Webmaster</FONT> <BR> <FONT SIZE=2> URL: <A HREF="http://www.sdu.umd.edu" TARGET="_blank">http://www.sdu.umd.edu</A>; </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Resume : <A HREF="http://www.wam.umd.edu/~gollucci/resume.html" TARGET="_blank">http://www.wam.umd.edu/~gollucci/resume.html</A></FONT>; <BR><FONT SIZE=2>*****************************************************************************</FONT> </P> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Clinton Roane wrote:</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>> Ok, I've set up FreeBSD, I am root but I don't want to be in the system as</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> root all the time. When I log into my regular account and try to su it says</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> "your are not a member of the right group to use su". HOW do I become su</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> and how do I add groups??</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> How do I set up are allow individual users of my system to set up there own</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> X Window enviornment. For instance, I like windowmanger, someone else wants</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> to use KDE, and another wants Gnome. How do I set this up? The default</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> choice of xfree sets up everyone's X Window the same.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Any help and/or direction to help would be much appreciated. Thanks</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Clinton Roane</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> </P> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message</FONT> </P> </BODY> </HTML>
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