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Date:      Mon, 5 Mar 2001 14:10:27 +0200
From:      Barry Irwin <bvi@devco.net>
To:        Clinton Roane <clinton.roane@worldnet.att.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Please help!
Message-ID:  <20010305141027.B70844@devco.net>
In-Reply-To: <NEBBJOHKILINGGMNJFFDCECGCAAA.clinton.roane@worldnet.att.net>; from clinton.roane@worldnet.att.net on Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 06:50:18AM -0800
References:  <NEBBJOHKILINGGMNJFFDCECGCAAA.clinton.roane@worldnet.att.net>

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On Mon 2001-03-05 (06:50), Clinton Roane wrote:
> 
> Ok, I've set up FreeBSD, I am root but I don't want to be in the system as
> root all the time.  When I log into my regular account and try to su it says
> "your are not a member of the right group to use su".  HOW do I become su
> and how do I add groups??

man pw to learn about adding users, groups etc

you need to add yourself to the wheel croup in order to be able to su.

> How do I set up are allow individual users of my system to set up there own
> X Window enviornment.  For instance, I like windowmanger, someone else wants
> to use KDE, and another wants Gnome.  How do I set this up?  The default
> choice of xfree sets up everyone's X Window the same.

this kind of information goes int the .xsession files in user home
directories.

Barry
> 

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