From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 7 07:49:54 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 94F5C106566C for ; Wed, 7 Sep 2011 07:49:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3fd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 089438FC0C for ; Wed, 7 Sep 2011 07:49:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from russet.local (reflex.squiz.co.uk [83.217.109.164]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id p877neNJ064600 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 7 Sep 2011 08:49:48 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.3 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk p877neNJ064600 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=201001-infracaninophile; t=1315381788; bh=0oIlksAthKKGIrN4JXmWmgFDeOL3DdS5HgvRj9JyhJg=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc:Content-Type:Date:From:In-Reply-To: Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Message-ID:=20<4E67220A.9030503@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20W ed,=2007=20Sep=202011=2008:49:30=20+0100|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman= 20|User-Agent:=20Mozilla/5.0=20(M acintosh=3B=20Intel=20Mac=20OS=20X=2010.6=3B=20rv:6.0.1)=20Gecko/2 0110830=20Thunderbird/6.0.1|MIME-Version:=201.0|To:=20Fbsd8=20|CC:=20Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org|Subject:=2 0Re:=20wheel=20group=20&=20mkdir|References:=20<4E6640F0.5060902@a 1poweruser.com>=20<4E664F1C.5050702@infracaninophile.co.uk>=20<4E6 6A92C.8030406@a1poweruser.com>|In-Reply-To:=20<4E66A92C.8030406@a1 poweruser.com>|X-Enigmail-Version:=201.3.1|Content-Type:=20multipa rt/signed=3B=20micalg=3Dpgp-sha1=3B=0D=0A=20protocol=3D"applicatio n/pgp-signature"=3B=0D=0A=20boundary=3D"------------enig4EF6460595 BEFDCD16C7274B"; b=ZbJzT7ziiYCalNkIJG6G6uUobf1PMA+BJ8rnv5TY1ioOo7bzZiihTlQ6DM7Y7Xnr2 M/H3qGLpcv7I14RNJ5tqfmP6MIhrzr7sI9EBu8brOxFG3Y2ZAcO5gYXOaJnxjkbYVQ zGhJPGXTSfWKsMDVah4603Wo9pahuElfr2gWEcvk= X-Authentication-Warning: lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk: Host reflex.squiz.co.uk [83.217.109.164] claimed to be russet.local Message-ID: <4E67220A.9030503@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 08:49:30 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:6.0.1) Gecko/20110830 Thunderbird/6.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fbsd8 References: <4E6640F0.5060902@a1poweruser.com> <4E664F1C.5050702@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4E66A92C.8030406@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <4E66A92C.8030406@a1poweruser.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.1 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig4EF6460595BEFDCD16C7274B" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.2 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 07:49:54 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig4EF6460595BEFDCD16C7274B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 07/09/2011 00:13, Fbsd8 wrote: > 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 ma= n > page to no joy. Could you please explain the sequence of events to get > su to work. With su(1), you need to give the root password to get rootly powers. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig4EF6460595BEFDCD16C7274B Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk5nIhQACgkQ8Mjk52CukIzQIwCfW1uYU2zBiU1MI5hbcTBYnzcn QWMAn2f7H76uekSs5Eb+kT02urMQIlVc =jFE9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig4EF6460595BEFDCD16C7274B--