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Date:      Sun, 22 Apr 2001 10:31:55 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Andrew Gould <andrewgould@yahoo.com>
To:        Mail List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: "not in correct group to su root"
Message-ID:  <20010422173155.54754.qmail@web13401.mail.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010422171935.64033.qmail@web13304.mail.yahoo.com>

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Log in as root and:

execute the command 'adduser' to add new users; and

if you want the user to use su, add the user's name to
the group 'wheel' in /etc/group.

Best of luck to you,

Andrew Gould

--- Bill Barnes <kgbsoft@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Message understood.  
> 
> Problem is I don't know how to change the assigned
> group.  Coming from a Debian 2.2 w/kde2 which has a
> nice utility to manage users.
> /stand/sysintsall only allows for entry of new
> users.
> 
> How can I change this or delete the user and
> re-enter.
> 
> TIA,
> -Bill
> 
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