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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!hunter.premier.net!news1.erols.com!news From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Root setup. Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 21:25:03 -0700 Organization: A poorly-installed InterNetNews site Lines: 20 Message-ID: <32169B1F.2AAD@www.play-hookey.com> References: <32162D55.538E@tidepool.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win16; I) Charles Smith wrote: > > In the adduser program on 2.1.5, I noticed that there seems to be no way > to be established as a root. I tired to redue it, and put myself in UID > or group 0, but it wouldn't let me. I'm new at this by the way. I > noticed that I have to relogon as root, and cannot use "su" from "my" > home directory. > Thanks. > Charles Smith To su to root, you have to be a member of the 'wheel' group. You can either do this with adduser when you create your user account, or you can edit the /etc/group file. -- Ken Are you interested in | byte-sized education | http://www.play-hookey.com over the Internet? |