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Date:      Sat, 10 Mar 2007 18:43:43 +0200
From:      "Dima Sorkin" <dima.sorkin@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ssh login as root
Message-ID:  <e40293600703100843i368cee13tc2251b07608bc744@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <3FCB18F9-CBF6-4D14-AD0F-92658914454E@rottnic.nl>
References:  <e40293600703100755q5ac69e75jb1f012b1f379c15e@mail.gmail.com> <3FCB18F9-CBF6-4D14-AD0F-92658914454E@rottnic.nl>

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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 ?

Thanks,
 Dima.

On 3/10/07, Guido Demmenie <rottweilertje@rottnic.nl> 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).



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