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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsserver.jvnc.net!newsserver2.jvnc.net!netnews.upenn.edu!news.voicenet.com!news From: The Notorious B.S.D. (The Notorious B.S.D.) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Adding users ???? Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 08:10:02 GMT Organization: Voicenet - Internet Access - (215)674-9290 Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4d4qbq$fv@news.voicenet.com> References: <4d0h0a$smk@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: philly306.voicenet.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.55 dabloodgod@aol.com (DABLOODGOD) wrote: >As im getting more of my system running, Im having problems adding users. >I can't seem to make an account that will allow me to su to root.I login >as the new user, type su and get a message that Im not in the right group >to su to root. the "id" program reports that the user is in group "wheel" >which is what I think is right. >I use vipw to add a line, carefully copying the format from an earlier >line. I increment the UID field, making sure it doesn't conflict, select >group 0 ( wheel ) and exit, the databases are rebuilt just right and so on >- Any ideas ? have a look at your /etc/group file... DOH!!!! betcha forgot to add your new account to wheel.