Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:31:09 -0500 From: Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca> To: Akenner <SlackWareWolf@comcast.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Edit user groups Message-ID: <4976348D.4010502@ibctech.ca> In-Reply-To: <49762F6C.8040404@comcast.net> References: <49762F6C.8040404@comcast.net>
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Akenner wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE and I have multiple user accounts set up. > I made about 4 for myself to use and do various testing with, and made > some for my Wife as well because She knows UNIX better than I do anyway > heh. > > Anyway, one of the things I forgot about, was that FreeBSD by default > doesn't allow just anyone to use su. > > I come from mainly using Linux, where you can log in and then whenever > you need to open a root xterm or even a root shell, you just type the > password and go. I looked up how to do this but most of my results came > back with setting up user accounts, and other things. I did add another > user that was in the wheel group so I could do it, but I'd really like > to be able to add my main user account to the wheel group so I can su > from this one instead of doing su otheruser and then su again to root. > > I found while searching for this something that MIGHT be what I'm > looking for, but after reading it over, it seems I'd have to read > through the whole man page first and then, it could be bad if I mistype > something, or I could even screw up an account, which I can't risk. > > Is there an exact way to take a user account on my system, and add it to > the wheel group? Yes. # ee /etc/group ...and add your username to the list of users after the wheel group. For instance, by default, the entry will appear as such: wheel:*:0:root ...and if my username is steve, you will append the line like this: wheel:*:0:root,steve ...then hit ESC, then ENTER twice. Steve
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