Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:53:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: jeff.cross@averageadmins.com (Jeff Cross) Cc: Bruce Greene <bgreene@macsplus.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newbie & setup Message-ID: <200608101553.k7AFrrGw020385@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <44DB5C1C.1050504@averageadmins.com>
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> > Bruce Greene wrote: > > Hi — > > > > In setting up FreeBSD 6.1, i don't know what group or member groups to > > choose. > > > > Thank you - > > > > > > Bruce Greene > > Macs Plus 410 764-8599 > > bgreene@macsplus.com > > http://www.macsplus.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > When I set up a user at install, I leave the group alone so the system > will automatically create a group for my username and then I add wheel > to the member groups so I can su to root. > > It works for me. That is pretty much it. After you have done a few systems, you will tend to have some groups you commonly use and you will probably want to keep to that habit as that can make some things easier when you move things around. But, for the beginning, just take what it gives you and then, like Jeff says, pick one regular login and add wheel to its list of groups it is a member of so you can do the su thing. ////jerry > > Jeff Cross > http://www.averageadmins.com/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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