From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 26 9:23: 3 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from nautilus.shore.net (nautilus.shore.net [207.244.124.104]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34D9E14EBC for ; Tue, 26 Oct 1999 09:22:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rothenberg@automationonline.com) Received: from shore.shore.net [192.233.85.136] by nautilus.shore.net with esmtp (Exim) for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org id 11g9N8-0005UW-00; Tue, 26 Oct 1999 12:22:54 -0400 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by shore.shore.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with UUCP id MAA12249 for shore!freebsd.org!freebsd-questions; Tue, 26 Oct 1999 12:22:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from baffle. automationonline.com by slider.automationonline.com via SMTP (911016.SGI/911001.SGI) for shore!freebsd.org!freebsd-questions id AA29884; Tue, 26 Oct 99 12:18:17 -0400 Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19991026121412.00728cd8@slider> X-Sender: rothenberg@slider X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 12:14:12 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Michael Rothenberg Subject: Root and other super users Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG What exactly is the difference between root and a super user? Everyone says that I should have an addition user that I log in as to su and then perform various maint. stuff. Doesnt a su have all the power of root? Or, only the power that root grants to the wheel group? Confusing. must read more. -michael To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message