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helmerj
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Location: New York
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 Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2002 9:13 pm Post subject: "su" doesn't work |
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Hi!
in order to work as root all the time I prefer to login as a normal user. when I want to install soemthing I have to be root though. I'm running a "normal 1.2 system on a ThinkPad S30 and I can't login as root using the "su" command.
Do I have to turn on the permission to do so? And ifso where would I do that?
Thanks Juergen |
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Sesquipedalian
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Location: Loveland, CO
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the user you log in with must be a member of the "wheel" group.
usermod -G wheel <username>
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ebichu
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Location: Manchester, England
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| Sesquipedalian wrote: | | usermod -G wheel <username> |
Be sure to check what other groups <username> is a member of beforehand:
and append those to the comma-separated list following usermod's -G option, otherwise you'll remove <username> from all groups except 'wheel' and its initial group (usually 'users').
<WHINE>
I wish usermod had options for appending groups to and removing groups from the group membership list without affecting unspecified group memberships.
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pjp
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| Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2002 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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Answered in the FAQ and in this thread.
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