Can login using root password, but not remotely with SSH
Robert Huff
roberthuff at rcn.com
Mon Oct 22 12:39:31 PDT 2007
James writes:
> Add yourself to wheel (which is the root group on FreeBSD, a name
> I believe it inherited from earlier BSDs, but I've no idea what
> the justification for choosing 'wheel' is; any BSD historians
> here - you'd be welcome to let us know!)
Not sure, but I believe "wheel" predates UNIX. I have
certainly seen the idea on OSes that do.
Robert Huff
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