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Date:      Fri, 19 Jul 2002 18:08:30 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org>
To:        Thomas Connolly <tconnolly@electrosoftsolutions.com>
Cc:        "FreeBSD_Questions (E-mail 2)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Wheel ?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.1020719180345.4455A-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <71ED4DBF1EA19A45A3765CA9548BE30A2128@server1.electrosoftsolutions.com>

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On Fri, 19 Jul 2002, Thomas Connolly wrote:

> When I try to use the 'su' command I get a message stating that I am
> not in the wheel to become a super user.  Can anyone tell me how to
> put myself in that wheel? 

Edit the file /etc/group (maybe make a copy first). Find the line that
starts with 'wheel' and append your user name to that line, e.g.

     wheel:*:0:root,joeblow,myusername

Next time you log in, you should be able to su root.

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Chris Hill               chris@monochrome.org
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