Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 00:10:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU> To: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-doc-projects@freebsd.org, doc-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r41667 - in projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook: basics users Message-ID: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1305200007180.9389@multics.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <201305190001.r4J01wQe092105@svn.freebsd.org> References: <201305190001.r4J01wQe092105@svn.freebsd.org>
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On Sun, 19 May 2013, Tom Rhodes wrote: > Modified: projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/users/chapter.xml > ============================================================================== > --- projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/users/chapter.xml Sat May 18 23:44:23 2013 (r41666) > +++ projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/users/chapter.xml Sun May 19 00:01:57 2013 (r41667) > @@ -1034,4 +1034,49 @@ uid=1001(jru) gid=1001(jru) groups=1001( > <filename>/etc/group</filename>, refer to &man.pw.8; and > &man.group.5;.</para> > </sect1> > + > + <sect1 id="users-becomesuper"> > + <title>Becoming Superuser</title> > + > + <para>There are several ways to do things as the superuser. The > + worst way is to log in as <username>root</username> directly. > + Usually very little activity requires <username>root</username> > + so logging off and logging in as <username>root</username>, > + performing tasks, then logging off and on again as a normal user > + is a waste of time.</para> > + > + <para>A better way is to use &man.su.1; without providing a login > + but using <literal>-</literal> to inherit the root environment. > + Not providing a login will imply super user. For this to work > + the login that must be in the <groupname>wheel</groupname> group. This sentence doesn't seem quite right; "login" is used to mean the currently-logged-in user, as opposed to the previous sentences where it is used to specify an argument to su(1). -Ben > + An example of a typical software installation would involve the > + administrator unpacking the software as a normal user and then > + elevating their privileges for the build and installation of > + the software.</para>help
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