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Date:      Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:25:16 -0500
From:      "John Straiton" <ne@clickcom.com>
To:        <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: user with root priviledges
Message-ID:  <012f01bf82c9$2e6372d0$1f16c6d1@clickcom.com>
References:  <38BB0AB7.BE27FF24@cyrebels.org> <00022819033902.00658@Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain>

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> > is it possible to make a new user with root priviledges? If so, how?
> When adding a new user, if you add him to group wheel, he has the
> ability to su root.

The user ID and group ID have to be zero for a user to have the same
privledges, however Walter's suggestion of adding the user to wheel so they
can simply 'su' is the preferred method.

> > plus, why is it so unsafe to usr IRC as root?

A question one might ask is why would you want to IRC as root?

John






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