On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 06:43:43PM +0200, Dima Sorkin wrote: > Hi. > Actually I would prefer to do it via "su". > Here a really newbie question: > 1) How do I join regular user to 'wheel' group ? > 2) How do I join a user to some group 'some_group' ?. > Which manpage to read ?
Just edit the /etc/group file - using vi probably or any other text editor. On the line that establishes the wheel group, just add the user id on the end separated with a comma. eg. add ',otherid' to the end of the line. Save (write) and quit. It is now there. ////jerry > > Thanks, > Dima. > > On 3/10/07, Guido Demmenie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Default setting is that root can not login via ssh (and that's how > >you want it). > >You can use su(1) to gain root privileges when loged in on your box > >with a normal > >user if needed (if you are in the group wheel). > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"