Date: Sat, 20 May 2000 19:50:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: "Mark A. Hummel" <mhumm@ispchannel.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Superuser Help Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005201947220.4168-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <3926CF64.B942670@ispchannel.com>
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On Sat, 20 May 2000, Mark A. Hummel wrote: > I just installed BSD 4.0 from CD. I've added myself as a normal user. > How do I make another login for myself as the superuser? > > Mark > The superuser account already exists. It's called root. You can log in as root at the console (not remotely, that is). During the install you were asked to give root a password. You'll need this password. If you want to use the su command to change from an ordinary user to root, that user needs to be in the group wheel. You can add a user to that group by editing /etc/group and at the end of the line that begin with wheel, add a comma and the username (no spaces). Then you type su <enter> and you'll be asked for root's password. Annelise To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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