From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 9 10:41:49 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06CB937B401 for ; Wed, 9 Oct 2002 10:41:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cactus.fi.uba.ar (cactus.fi.uba.ar [157.92.49.108]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9120143E42 for ; Wed, 9 Oct 2002 10:41:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar) Received: from cactus.fi.uba.ar (cactus.fi.uba.ar [157.92.49.108]) by cactus.fi.uba.ar (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g99HdSZK026285; Wed, 9 Oct 2002 14:39:29 -0300 (ART) (envelope-from fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar) Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 14:39:28 -0300 (ART) From: Fernando Gleiser To: "Pranav A. Desai" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to create another account with root privileges ? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20021009143706.D3949-100000@cactus.fi.uba.ar> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.5 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,SUBJ_ENDS_IN_Q_MARK version=2.31 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Pranav A. Desai wrote: > Hi all! > How can I create a user account that can function like a root > account with the same prilieges ? I need to create three such account. Is > it possible ? Yes it is possible, but it's not recommended. (Hint: look at what root and toor have in common). If you need to grant some privileges to another user, use sudo, it's in the ports. Fer > > Thanks for the help > > -Pranav > > ******************************************************************* > Pranav A. Desai > > Home :- (937) 294 1381 > ******************************************************************* > > On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Sicco Miedema wrote: > > > At 11:43 3-10-2002 +0200, Nelis Lamprecht wrote: > > >I have a Accton 100baseTX nic that uses the RealTek 8129/8139 chipset. The > > >nic works fine if I plug it into a 10mbit hub but as soon as I plug it > > >into a switch ( 3Com Baseline 10/100 ) which I use internally for ftp'ing > > >it starts transferring data ok and then slowly dies. After awhile it will > > >not permit me at all to connect and I have to manually bring down the > > >interface using ifconfig and then bring it back up before I can reconnect. > > >I have configured my kernel with the correct drivers ( device rl ). > > >I have 2 identical nic's in the same machine and they both give the same > > >problem and I have tried several ftp clients. I'm using 4.6 Stable. > > > > > >Has anyone experienced similar problems with these nic's ? Any help, > > >suggestions would be appreciated. > > > > I had the same problems with two RTL8139 nic's. The problem was easily > > solved by "locking" the nic's to one speed (100mbit or 10mbit) This is done > > with ifconfig I believe. > > > > Sicco Miedema > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message