From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 7 00:19:48 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38BED106564A for ; Wed, 7 Sep 2011 00:19:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd8@a1poweruser.com) Received: from mail-03.name-services.com (mail-03.name-services.com [69.64.155.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A86C8FC15 for ; Wed, 7 Sep 2011 00:19:47 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; q=dns/txt; s=DKIM-NAME-SERVICES; d=a1poweruser.com; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:X-Sender:X-Envelope-From; l=500; bh=PAkRb8DABcIW6WVu3xMBYpSQVmrQuyM9+9F8+/Qz4JY=; b=Uikq14G4Aqds5DkuIN4ThZJ25YBXFElVRWhmAOCFn1rABgQJ7xPQq90fc0Zzcl4fen+73G0MEnDLSQddcoztsXdpbENgnAtQBoLWtMmYN+//+HGeQSdXbSZC6X5BoIPpjLtA1UQt3noXa2Y7hLiiQteq7FsT4lebMJ5d9m1j6Mg= Received: from [192.168.1.64] ([76.240.47.196]) by mail-03.name-services.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Tue, 6 Sep 2011 17:19:47 -0700 Message-ID: <4E66B8A7.2010401@a1poweruser.com> Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:19:51 -0400 From: Fbsd8 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Beech Rintoul References: <4E6640F0.5060902@a1poweruser.com> <4E664F1C.5050702@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4E66A92C.8030406@a1poweruser.com> <201109061547.28019.beech@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <201109061547.28019.beech@freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Sep 2011 00:19:47.0913 (UTC) FILETIME=[DA1DA390:01CC6CF3] X-Sender: fbsd8@a1poweruser.com X-Envelope-From: fbsd8*a1poweruser.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wheel group & mkdir X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:19:48 -0000 Beech Rintoul wrote: > On Tuesday 06 September 2011 15:13:48 Fbsd8 wrote: >> Matthew Seaman wrote: >>> On 06/09/2011 16:49, Fbsd8 wrote: >>>> I have a user that belongs to the wheel group but when the user tries to >>>> issue mkdir command it gets a permission denied error. >>>> >>>> How do I fix this? >>> Make the directory that contains where your user is trying to create a >>> new subdirectory writable by group wheel. Either that, or teach your >>> user to use su(1) or sudo(1) so they can mkdir as root. (Adding users >>> to group wheel so they are permitted to run su(1) is a BSD-ism, and is >>> the usual reason for adding anyone to wheel.) >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Matthew >> Matthew >> Thanks for your reply. I have a user id that is in the wheel group. I >> su and get prompted for the user id's password after which I get >> returned to the command line. Running the script with the mkdir command >> embedded still returns Permission Denied message. I have read the su man >> page to no joy. Could you please explain the sequence of events to get >> su to work. > > user# su > Pass: root password > root# > > Beech > Thank you Beech. I was entering the password of the user. When I entered root's password the script containing mkdir worked. One remaining question. Is there any time limit on having root access? I mean will root access remain until the user exits? Thanks again