Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 22:33:25 -0500 From: jerryk@indy.net (Jerry Kelley) To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: a few new-user questions Message-ID: <199501290333.AA07747@IndyNet.indy.net>
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As a FreeBSD rookie, I've got a few questions:
1) I created an account for myself at the end of the install. It asked for
a group and I gave it the name of a new group. If I log in under that
account ('jerry'), I can't 'su'. It says that I don't belong to a group
than can 'su'. I edited /etc/passwd and changed the group for 'jerry' to
wheel (which is 0). This didn't change a thing.
How can I get modify my account so I can 'su'? I am currently having to
login as root to do any real work on the system.
2) How can I add or remove users and groups? I tried the 'adduser' command
but there isn't an executable under that name (at least not in the path).
Is it safe to just edit /etc/passwd and /etc/group?
3) Is there a good Korn shell out there for FreeBSD?
Thanks in advance.
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Jerry Kelley
jerryk@indy.net
"Life is simply a quest to be somewhere else."
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