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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
> >
> >
> >
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