Re: Edit user groups

2009-01-21 Thread Benjamin Lee
On 01/20/2009 08:23 PM, Tim Judd wrote: [...] and I recommend against sudo because it's very design is a man-in-the-middle type of scenario, and one typo by the sudo devs can possibly make a mess out of things. I think sudo makes a lazy admin -- too easy to just run in and hit something.

Re: Edit user groups

2009-01-21 Thread Clifton Royston
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 09:23:32PM -0700, Tim Judd wrote: Clifton Royston wrote: Good advice given so far (pw is a good tool, direct editing works) but I'd also suggest you consider installing and using sudo; I always install it on all of my systems and use it probably 10-20 times as often as

Re: Edit user groups

2009-01-21 Thread pete wright
sorry OT and I recommend against sudo because it's very design is a man-in-the-middle type of scenario, and one typo by the sudo devs can possibly make a mess out of things. I think sudo makes a lazy admin -- too easy to just run in and hit something. I think sudo is a false sense of

Edit user groups

2009-01-20 Thread Akenner
Hi, I'm using FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE and I have multiple user accounts set up. I made about 4 for myself to use and do various testing with, and made some for my Wife as well because She knows UNIX better than I do anyway heh. Anyway, one of the things I forgot about, was that FreeBSD by

Re: Edit user groups

2009-01-20 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 03:09:16PM -0500, Akenner wrote: Hi, I'm using FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE and I have multiple user accounts set up. I made about 4 for myself to use and do various testing with, and made some for my Wife as well because She knows UNIX better than I do anyway heh.

Re: Edit user groups

2009-01-20 Thread Steve Bertrand
Akenner wrote: Hi, I'm using FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE and I have multiple user accounts set up. I made about 4 for myself to use and do various testing with, and made some for my Wife as well because She knows UNIX better than I do anyway heh. Anyway, one of the things I forgot about, was

Re: Edit user groups

2009-01-20 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Akenner slackwarew...@comcast.net: Hi, I'm using FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE and I have multiple user accounts set up. I made about 4 for myself to use and do various testing with, and made some for my Wife as well because She knows UNIX better than I do anyway heh. Anyway, one

Re: Edit user groups

2009-01-20 Thread Akenner
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Re: Edit user groups

2009-01-20 Thread Clifton Royston
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 03:09:16PM -0500, Akenner wrote: Hi, I'm using FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE and I have multiple user accounts set up. I made about 4 for myself to use and do various testing with, and made some for my Wife as well because She knows UNIX better than I do anyway heh.

Re: Edit user groups

2009-01-20 Thread Tim Judd
Clifton Royston wrote: On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 03:09:16PM -0500, Akenner wrote: Hi, I'm using FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE and I have multiple user accounts set up. I made about 4 for myself to use and do various testing with, and made some for my Wife as well because She knows UNIX better than I