Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:19:51 -0400 From: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> To: Beech Rintoul <beech@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wheel group & mkdir Message-ID: <4E66B8A7.2010401@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <201109061547.28019.beech@freebsd.org> References: <4E6640F0.5060902@a1poweruser.com> <4E664F1C.5050702@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4E66A92C.8030406@a1poweruser.com> <201109061547.28019.beech@freebsd.org>
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Beech Rintoul wrote: > On Tuesday 06 September 2011 15:13:48 Fbsd8 wrote: >> Matthew Seaman wrote: >>> On 06/09/2011 16:49, Fbsd8 wrote: >>>> I have a user that belongs to the wheel group but when the user tries to >>>> issue mkdir command it gets a permission denied error. >>>> >>>> How do I fix this? >>> Make the directory that contains where your user is trying to create a >>> new subdirectory writable by group wheel. Either that, or teach your >>> user to use su(1) or sudo(1) so they can mkdir as root. (Adding users >>> to group wheel so they are permitted to run su(1) is a BSD-ism, and is >>> the usual reason for adding anyone to wheel.) >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Matthew >> Matthew >> Thanks for your reply. I have a user id that is in the wheel group. I >> su and get prompted for the user id's password after which I get >> returned to the command line. Running the script with the mkdir command >> embedded still returns Permission Denied message. I have read the su man >> page to no joy. Could you please explain the sequence of events to get >> su to work. > > user# su > Pass: root password > root# > > Beech > Thank you Beech. I was entering the password of the user. When I entered root's password the script containing mkdir worked. One remaining question. Is there any time limit on having root access? I mean will root access remain until the user exits? Thanks again
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