From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 9 08:13:29 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA19424 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 9 Feb 1996 08:13:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.171]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA19419 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 1996 08:13:25 -0800 (PST) Received: by fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA14850; Fri, 9 Feb 96 10:13:18 -0600 Received: by emu.fsl.noaa.gov (1.38.193.4/SMI-4.1 (1.38.193.4)) id AA20981; Fri, 9 Feb 1996 09:13:18 -0700 Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 09:13:18 -0700 From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) Message-Id: <9602091613.AA20981@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> To: map@iphil.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199602090816.QAA24594@marikit.iphil.net> (map@iphil.net) Subject: Re: How to 'su' Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Miguel" == Miguel A L Paraz writes: Miguel> Hello! How do you su to root? Hi! Add the user to the group `wheel' in /etc/group. Suppose I want to su to root; so I add `kelly' to wheel: wheel:*:0:root,mary,kelly Then I login as kelly and type `su'. -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder Colorado USA I can still recall old Mister Barnslow getting out every morning and nailing a fresh load of tadpoles to the old board of his. Then he'd spin it round and round, like a wheel of fortune, and no matter where it stopped he'd yell out, "Tadpoles! Tadpoles is a winner!" We all thought he was crazy. But then we had some growing up to do. -- Jack Handey