Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 20:51:00 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Dima Sorkin <dima.sorkin@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ssh login as root Message-ID: <20070311015100.GB42241@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <e40293600703100843i368cee13tc2251b07608bc744@mail.gmail.com> References: <e40293600703100755q5ac69e75jb1f012b1f379c15e@mail.gmail.com> <3FCB18F9-CBF6-4D14-AD0F-92658914454E@rottnic.nl> <e40293600703100843i368cee13tc2251b07608bc744@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 06:43:43PM +0200, Dima Sorkin wrote: > Hi. > Actually I would prefer to do it via "su". > Here a really newbie question: > 1) How do I join regular user to 'wheel' group ? > 2) How do I join a user to some group 'some_group' ?. > Which manpage to read ? Just edit the /etc/group file - using vi probably or any other text editor. On the line that establishes the wheel group, just add the user id on the end separated with a comma. eg. add ',otherid' to the end of the line. Save (write) and quit. It is now there. ////jerry > > Thanks, > Dima. > > On 3/10/07, Guido Demmenie <rottweilertje@rottnic.nl> wrote: > > >Default setting is that root can not login via ssh (and that's how > >you want it). > >You can use su(1) to gain root privileges when loged in on your box > >with a normal > >user if needed (if you are in the group wheel). > _______________________________________________ > 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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