Really Dumb Question

[Tim Tonway]

>>>
>>> This is probably a dumb question.
>>>
>>> I need to add a user that can su to root.  So....
>>>
>>> I add the user with adduser, invite the user into the wheel group (GID
>>> 0) then add the user to the wheel group in /etc/group
>>>
>>> su still fails.  What am I missing?  It's go to be something really
>>> dumb.
>>
>> It might help to know what error you are getting.
>> It is impossible to know what exactly you tried and what exactly
>> you saw as the result, so it is difficult to know what to tell you.
>>
>> But, a comment anyway.
>>
>> You do not need to make the primary group be 'wheel', although I suppose
>> you can if you like.   The primary group for a user is the one they are
>> assigned in the /etc/passwd (master.passwd) file.  It is the one you
>> give them with adduser.
>>
>> I would suggest making the user's primary group, whatever group you
>> would
>> make them for other than the 'su' consideration.
>>
>> Then, add them to the wheel group as one of their secondary groups by
>> editing the /etc/group file and adding the user on to the wheel group.
>> If, for example, the username is privuser, just add ',privuser' on to
>> the end of the line defining the wheel group (minus the quote marks
>> and without a space before the comma).
>>
>> Just edit /etc/group with vi.
>>
>> This way, you can move the user in to and out of the wheel group without
>> affecting group ownership of the user's files.   If you make the user's
>> primary group to be wheel, the user's files will most likely end up
>> with wheel for group ownership and you would have to change all that
>> if you wanted to remove that user from the wheel group, but not delete
>> the account.
>>
>> ////jerry
>>
> You can also use pw for this.
>
> To set primary:
>
> pw usermod -g group -n user
>
> To add a secondary group:
>

Typo Edit:

> pw usermod -G group -n user
>



>
> -Tim
>
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