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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in1.uu.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: dabloodgod@aol.com (DABLOODGOD) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Adding users ???? Date: 10 Jan 1996 09:03:54 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 13 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4d0h0a$smk@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: dabloodgod@aol.com (DABLOODGOD) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com 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 ? Thanks Dave.