Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 10:23:31 -0500 (EST) From: Omachonu Ogali <oogali@intranova.net> To: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> Cc: Steve Leibel <stevel@coastside.net>, Joseph Norris <sirron@ns.mcoe.k12.ca.us>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: question about adduser and root -- correction Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002171023000.91789-100000@hydrant.intranova.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.20000213124930.0068a0cc@idx.com.au>
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You shouldn't directly add the user to wheel, add them to a regular group, and then add the user to the wheel group. On Sun, 13 Feb 2000, Danny wrote: > > > When you adduser. > > It will prompt you for the group you want. > Make sure the group you want is "wheel". > > Then you should be able to su > > At 13:56 11/02/00 -0800, Steve Leibel wrote: > >At 1:30 PM -0800 2/11/00, Joseph Norris wrote: > >>Hello group, > >> > >>I have added a new user and I wanted that user to be able to use su. When I > >>log on as the user and try to do su, I get an error that the user is not > >>part of the group. Did do something wrong the adduser? How can I fix this? > > > > > > > >wheel:*:0:root,stevel > > > >where "stevel" is the user to be allowed to su. > > > >====== sorry what I meant to say was that this line goes in > > > >/etc/group. > > > >Steve L > > > > > > > >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 > -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Omachonu Ogali oogali@intranova.net | | Intranova Networking Group http://tribune.intranova.net | | PGP Key ID: 0xBFE60839 | | PGP Fingerprint: C8 51 14 FD 2A 87 53 D1 E3 AA 12 12 01 93 BD 34 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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