Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 01:05:44 -0700 From: Eric Hodel <hodeleri@seattleu.edu> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=E9bastien?= ADAM <sebastien.adam@ping.be> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: users managing Message-ID: <37C8E9D8.C24B3C5E@seattleu.edu> References: <LOBBIDFDANPCILIEAKKEEEHHCCAA.sebastien.adam@ping.be>
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Sébastien ADAM wrote: > > Hi there ! > > I'm new in FreeBSD and UNIX. I've installed FreeBSD 3.2 on my computer and I > wana make some configurations. My question is simple. How can I logon as > root? (stupid question, isn't? ;-) how can I manage the authorizations of > users? From the console of the machine, just login as 'root' from a telnet prompt you will have to add a user to the wheel group, login as that user, then su to root. You can change the settings in /etc/ttys to log in on remote consoles as root, but that is not recommended. (Security hole) -- Eric Hodel - hodeleri@seattleu.edu - Aspiring programmer & FPS minor demi-god. Customers will come to our 'home page' in unbelievable numbers and find out everything we want them to know. --Bill Gates To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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