Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 14:34:19 -0500 (EST) From: "Tim Tonway" <tonway@fcuker.org> To: "Jerry McAllister" <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Really Dumb Question Message-ID: <60057.68.209.252.201.1099424059.squirrel@68.209.252.201> In-Reply-To: <200411021925.iA2JPsV06192@clunix.cl.msu.edu> References: <4186DA65.9020909@ferrises.com> from "Dan Ferris" at Nov 01, 2004 05:52:53 PM <200411021925.iA2JPsV06192@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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>> >> This is probably a dumb question. >> >> I need to add a user that can su to root. So.... >> >> I add the user with adduser, invite the user into the wheel group (GID >> 0) then add the user to the wheel group in /etc/group >> >> su still fails. What am I missing? It's go to be something really >> dumb. > > It might help to know what error you are getting. > It is impossible to know what exactly you tried and what exactly > you saw as the result, so it is difficult to know what to tell you. > > But, a comment anyway. > > You do not need to make the primary group be 'wheel', although I suppose > you can if you like. The primary group for a user is the one they are > assigned in the /etc/passwd (master.passwd) file. It is the one you > give them with adduser. > > I would suggest making the user's primary group, whatever group you would > make them for other than the 'su' consideration. > > Then, add them to the wheel group as one of their secondary groups by > editing the /etc/group file and adding the user on to the wheel group. > If, for example, the username is privuser, just add ',privuser' on to > the end of the line defining the wheel group (minus the quote marks > and without a space before the comma). > > Just edit /etc/group with vi. > > This way, you can move the user in to and out of the wheel group without > affecting group ownership of the user's files. If you make the user's > primary group to be wheel, the user's files will most likely end up > with wheel for group ownership and you would have to change all that > if you wanted to remove that user from the wheel group, but not delete > the account. > > ////jerry > You can also use pw for this. To set primary: pw usermod -g group -n user To add a secondary group: pw usermog -G group -n user -Tim
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