From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 20 22:29:45 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E053E106567A for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:29:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cliftonr@lava.net) Received: from outgoing01.lava.net (cake.lava.net [IPv6:2001:1888:0:1:230:48ff:fe5b:3b50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D0658FC1D for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:29:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cliftonr@lava.net) Received: from malasada.lava.net (malasada.lava.net [64.65.64.17]) by outgoing01.lava.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54D88D00D0; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:29:44 -1000 (HST) Received: by malasada.lava.net (Postfix, from userid 102) id E178B153882; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:29:43 -1000 (HST) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:29:43 -1000 From: Clifton Royston To: Akenner Message-ID: <20090120222942.GB26526@lava.net> References: <49762F6C.8040404@comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49762F6C.8040404@comcast.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Edit user groups 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: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:29:46 -0000 On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 03:09:16PM -0500, 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. Good advice given so far (pw is a good tool, direct editing works) but I'd also suggest you consider installing and using sudo; I always install it on all of my systems and use it probably 10-20 times as often as su. -- Clifton -- Clifton Royston -- cliftonr@iandicomputing.com / cliftonr@lava.net President - I and I Computing * http://www.iandicomputing.com/ Custom programming, network design, systems and network consulting services