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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!02-newsfeed.univie.ac.at!01-newsfeed.univie.ac.at!Austria.EU.net!EU.net!enews.sgi.com!news.mathworks.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.asu.edu!ennfs.eas.asu.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.unt.edu!news From: webmaster@solstar.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Root setup. Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 05:22:00 -0500 Organization: University of North Texas Lines: 18 Message-ID: <3216EEC8.351C@solstar.com> References: <32162D55.538E@tidepool.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc7.del.etec.unt.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01Gold (Win95; I) To: Charles Smith <shadow1@tidepool.com> Charles Smith wrote: > > In the adduser program on 2.1.5, I noticed that there seems to be no way > to be established as a root. I tired to redue it, and put myself in UID > or group 0, but it wouldn't let me. I'm new at this by the way. I > noticed that I have to relogon as root, and cannot use "su" from "my" > home directory. > Thanks. > Charles Smith Login as the root cd /etc vi group The groups are in the following format: groupname:groupPassword:groupId:users Add yourself to group wheel simply add a comma after root and type in your user name. Michael Webb