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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!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.columbia.edu!help.schap.rhno.columbia.edu!user From: ttt5@columbia.edu (Tim Trampedach) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: make a user root Date: 29 Jan 1997 02:04:47 GMT Organization: Columbia University Lines: 16 Message-ID: <ttt5-2801972101520001@help.schap.rhno.columbia.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: help.schap.rhno.columbia.edu Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34603 Hello all! I will soon be getting a Pentium machine to run FreeBSD on and I was wondering if it is possible to make a user root in the sense that there are no differences when logging in between the two. Since it will mainly be a single-user machine, but will have some accounts on (for limited access), I want to be able to perform all my system administration on that machine when logged in as myself, yet not have root as my eMail address. I hope someone understands what I am trying to achieve. Could you please eMail a reply to me along with the posting to the group so that others can learn as well. Thanks in advance. Keep up the spirit. Tim TT