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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!mips!mips!sdd.hp.com!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.iastate.edu!aviator.cc.iastate.edu!michaelv From: michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon) Subject: Re: Adding users Message-ID: <michaelv.712265690@aviator.cc.iastate.edu> Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA References: <9207241849.AA06522@nms1.abb.com> <1992Jul24.215139.26837@nrao.edu> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 19:34:50 GMT Lines: 13 In <1992Jul24.215139.26837@nrao.edu> cflatter@nrao.edu (Chris Flatters) writes: > 2 - (Optional) If you want the new user to be able to use the su > command add his user name to the wheel group in /etc/group. Just out of curiosity, where did the name for this group, "wheel," come from, anyway? I've always wondered this... -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael L. VanLoon "Ignorance is bliss..." michaelv@iastate.edu -- Computer Engineering, Iowa State University ------------------------------------------------------------------------------