Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:25:32 -0400 From: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> To: Hasse Hansson <fbsd@thorshammare.org> Cc: Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SV: wheel group & mkdir Message-ID: <4E66B9FC.7000905@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <000001cc6cf2$29dda9e0$7d98fda0$@org> References: <4E6640F0.5060902@a1poweruser.com> <4E664F1C.5050702@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4E66A92C.8030406@a1poweruser.com> <000001cc6cf2$29dda9e0$7d98fda0$@org>
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Hasse Hansson wrote: > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] På vegne af Fbsd8 > Sendt: den 7 september 2011 01:14 > Til: Matthew Seaman > Cc: Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Emne: Re: wheel group & mkdir > > 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. > > Thanks > > Hello. > > If I've got the correct impression of it, to be in the wheel group, able you > to su to root, meaning get root privilieges. > BUT you have to know and use the root password. > If you have installed the "sudo" port, which is very easy to config, just by > removing some "hash #" marks some common privilieges of the wheel group, to > obtain almost "root power" configurable by you. And also configuarable is, > if you like the group to use their own passwords or none, just belonging to > the wheel group, when issuing the sudo command. > According to my humble understanding, just belonging to the wheel group > without further configuration, don't get you much more. > > /Hasse > Thank you Hasse You gave me the solution. I was entering the password of the user and should have been entering the root password.
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