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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!metro!metro!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.com!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!EU.net!sun4nl!news.simplex.nl!xs1!rob From: rob@xs1.simplex.nl (Rob Simons) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Enabling SU ability for a user Date: 2 Apr 1996 10:26:55 GMT Organization: SimpleX Networking Amsterdam Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4jqvdg$gb1@news.simplex.nl> References: <960331.165643.2716@banshee.uunet.ca> <4jpm8e$shi@news.ios.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: xs1.simplex.nl X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Glen Mann (gmann@haven.ios.com) wrote: : Kurt Schafer (kschafer@cyberbeach.net) wrote: : : I want to enable a certain user to execute SU to change to root : : access, how exactly do I go about enabling this feature ? : Add user to group wheel. Ehm .. you're 110% right, but depending on the person's abilities, he or she could still be left with enough questions. Maybe indicate that he or she should edit the file /etc/group and add the 'su'-able user to the 'wheel' group line. At the end and if more users should be put there, it's a comma-sepparated list. - Rob. -- /*--------------------------------------------------------------*\ /* Rob Simons | rob@simplex.nl *\ /* ------------ | ------------- | -------- | ------- *\ /* Novell Netware System Operator | UNIX system operator *\ /*--------------------------------------------------------------*\