From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 10 16:43:45 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BCE116A401 for ; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 16:43:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dima.sorkin@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.242]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9B0E13C4BA for ; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 16:43:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dima.sorkin@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c24so939136ana for ; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:43:44 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=hcg0Jed+SCUCvzuEaQeeedwc2tuWVtEzUqMvCm/a9O88gqRJr+zsLt4sDT2+jjGgTkvHQAcQd4tq9Gh6DQCRh12Jyt5KrUn5P0wvd+heMsHwM4nz1uHIwa4sLcME1MqbleJVAor2GDh4P3dsay62EliXX0ObOOXxSGZSG4CNcXk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=NgrGG6kMQSTyjlpSbd0pvxCD79fawaOXOQUjBNMWWcPq/bJYznkcn3pAQ9TVk3nbe8MELhMRIDEzIQfXkQmN4buubp+q3996CeuVQZk5JVQ9Vg3Yq6ONa3UTlmbFpd3x1MRxI6Rh/lmMSJQNXmhBCXM45uj0vXQNE5KI+m+LJU8= Received: by 10.114.151.13 with SMTP id y13mr379106wad.1173545023663; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:43:43 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.184.11 with HTTP; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:43:43 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 18:43:43 +0200 From: "Dima Sorkin" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <3FCB18F9-CBF6-4D14-AD0F-92658914454E@rottnic.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <3FCB18F9-CBF6-4D14-AD0F-92658914454E@rottnic.nl> Subject: Re: ssh login as root 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: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 16:43:45 -0000 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 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).