Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 13:13:56 -0600 (CST) From: Jim Bryant <jbryant@ppp-207-193-186-125.kscymo.swbell.net> To: jmutter@ds.net Cc: rohrer@hawaii.edu, anand@dataproindia.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: !!!!!!!!!!!!Root equivalent!!!!!!!!! Message-ID: <200002241914.NAA07138@ppp-207-193-186-125.kscymo.swbell.net> In-Reply-To: <38B4B738.BF1F0587@ds.net>
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In reply: > Matt Rohrer wrote: > > > > On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, anand wrote: > > > > > Dear Sir/Madam, > > > > > > How do I create a user of root equivalent on freeBSD 2.2.5. > > > > Add the user to the "wheel" group. > > > > Actually it's a bit more complicated to make a user equivalent to root. > The system doesn't care one bit about usernames or group names, it cares > about numeric id's. To make a user with the same privs as root you need > to use 'vipw' to edit the password file. In this case, you want to > change the group-id and user-id of new root user to 0 and 0. as i recall the toor user has existed at least since 1.1.5.1, and suits this purpose perfectly, that is assuming he didn't remove it from the passwd file. jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KC5VDJ - HF to 23cm KC5VDJ@NW0I.#NEKS.KS.USA.NOAM kc5vdj@swbell.net IC-706MkII - IC-T81A - HTX-202 - HTX-212 - HTX-404 - KPC3+ - PK-232MBX/DSP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ET has one helluva sense of humor, always anal-probing right-wing schizos! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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