From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 7 00:36:48 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD44C1065670 for ; Wed, 7 Sep 2011 00:36:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd8@a1poweruser.com) Received: from mail-03.name-services.com (mail-03.name-services.com [69.64.155.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFD8E8FC0A for ; Wed, 7 Sep 2011 00:36:48 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; q=dns/txt; s=DKIM-NAME-SERVICES; d=a1poweruser.com; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:X-Sender:X-Envelope-From; l=500; bh=3EbbiZaPg+rZagQ8CJz8c4aXov2/bQ/Tf9KVpE5e5wc=; b=YcMlBKu9IA6RdUZcfnqwoWIXFHG2yoQtNSzE16NwBFeGCQFMdMC+KYjd98Le2mtSwP6MzV04smJysHiXcs97Gc6+7PwZHuISXuKniFjXwLDF32gQjoz19E6BJ63SS5a9sM0ppfxKCvMGu9T+FkEGSq9NKSkO8VRoXcyzG6YjHDI= Received: from [192.168.1.64] ([76.240.47.196]) by mail-03.name-services.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Tue, 6 Sep 2011 17:25:28 -0700 Message-ID: <4E66B9FC.7000905@a1poweruser.com> Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:25:32 -0400 From: Fbsd8 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Hasse Hansson References: <4E6640F0.5060902@a1poweruser.com> <4E664F1C.5050702@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4E66A92C.8030406@a1poweruser.com> <000001cc6cf2$29dda9e0$7d98fda0$@org> In-Reply-To: <000001cc6cf2$29dda9e0$7d98fda0$@org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Sep 2011 00:25:28.0620 (UTC) FILETIME=[A53166C0:01CC6CF4] X-Sender: fbsd8@a1poweruser.com X-Envelope-From: fbsd8*a1poweruser.com Cc: Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SV: wheel group & mkdir X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:36:48 -0000 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.