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From: james@hermes.cybernetics.net (James Robinson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: NetBSD --> Help for a stupid user
Date: 24 Jan 1995 21:19:24 GMT
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References: <3g3ij8$l5s@Owl.nstn.ca>
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In article <3g3ij8$l5s@Owl.nstn.ca>, digdon@Snoopy.UCIS.Dal.Ca (Mike Digdon) writes:
): I create a user using vipw, then create a home directory for him.  He can't 
): create files in his home directory, so I have to chmod 777 it.  I've assigned
): him to group 0-- "wheel", yet he can't su root (it says he's not in the
): correct group to su root, although the man page for su says he is in the 
): correct group). 

Did you add the account to the wheel group within /etc/group? Read the
man page on group.


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