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Old 08-01-2003, 11:30 AM   #1
konabumm
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add my user account to the root group

Sorry for such a stupid question but I am new to linux. I am running SuSe 9.1 and I want to add my user account to the root group. Can someone tell me how to do that?

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Old 08-01-2003, 11:40 AM   #2
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The easiest way in my experience is to simply open /etc/group with vi, nano, or emacs and just add the user to the wheel group like so:

wheel::10:root,username
 
Old 08-01-2003, 11:44 AM   #3
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Thanks, but i got it. I needed to go into the YaST2 and configure it there.

Thanks for you help
 
  


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