>>Could we see a copy of your _/etc/passwd_ file entry and your /etc/group
>>file entry?  Maybe there's a type or something...
>
>(Synopsis: I'm running NetBSD/mac68k on my home IIsi, non-networked, to
>learn unix. I logged in initialy as root and set up an account for myself,
>miker. Now I want to learn how to log in as miker and su to root. I want to
>be a sysadmin someday.. :-)
>
>Sure here is:
>/etc/passwd:
>
>root:*:0:0::0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/csh
>toor:*:0:0::0:0:Bourne-again Superuser:/root:/bin/sync
>daemon:*:1:31::0:0:The devil himself:/root:/bin/sync
>operator:*:2:20::0:0:System &:/usr/guest/operator:/bin/sync
>bin:*:3:7::0:0:Binaries Commands and Source,,,:/:/dev/null
>games:*:7:13::0:0:Games pseudo-user:/usr/games:/bin/sync
>uucp:*:66:1:UNIX-to-UNIX Copy:/var/spool/uucppublic:/usr/libexec/uucp/uucico
>nobody:*:32767:9999::0:0:Unprivileged user:/nonexistent:/dev/null
>ingres:*:267:74::0:0:& Group:/usr/ingres:/bin/sync
>falcon:*:327766:31::0:0:Prof. Steven &:/usr/games:/usr/games/wargames
>miker:*:100:0::0:0:Michael Robinson:/home/miker:/bin/csh
>
>and
>/etc/master.passwd
>
>root:LUKBb.SV.z56.:0:0::0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/csh
>toor:T65SHo5xIdjWQ:0:0::0:0:Bourne-again Superuser:/root:/bin/sync
>daemon:*:1:31::0:0:The devil himself:/root:/bin/sync
>operator:*:2:20::0:0:System &:/usr/guest/operator:/bin/sync
>bin:*:3:7::0:0:Binaries Commands and Source,,,:/:/dev/null
>games:*:7:13::0:0:Games pseudo-user:/usr/games:/bin/sync
>uucp:*:66:1::0:0:UNIX-to-UNIX
>Copy:/var/spool/uucppublic:/usr/libexec/uucp/uucico
>nobody:*:32767:9999::0:0:Unprivileged user:/nonexistent:/dev/null
>ingres:*:267:74::0:0:& Group:/usr/ingres:/bin/sync
>falcon:*:327766:31::0:0:Prof. Steven &:/usr/games:/usr/games/wargames
>miker:1JeWhXR2McI1.:100:0::0:0:Michael Robinson:/home/miker:/bin/csh
>
>/etc/group
>
>wheel:*:0:root:miker

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use comma not colon as the seperator, and dont use whitespace after the comma

>daemon:*:1:daemon
>kmem:*:2:root
>sys:*:3:root
>tty:*:4:root
>operator:*:5:root
>bin:*:7:
>news:*:8:
>wsrc:*:9:
>games:*:13:
>staff:*:20:root
>nobody:*:39:
>utmp:*:45:
>ingres:*:74:ingres
>dialer:*:117:
>nogroup:*:32766:
>
>
>I got this info from Rob Windsor's page:
>http://www.warped.com/~windsor/netbsd/what-next.html
>
>>Also, you need to add yourself to group 0 ("wheel") in /etc/group. This
>>will allow
>>you to run "su" ("become the Super User") so that you do not need to log
>>out and
>>then log in as "root" or "toor".
>
>Thanks. And I will look at www.netbsd.org for a full list of mailing lists,
>including looking for netbsd-help and netbsd-users.  :-)
>
>
>Gus Huber gus@pbx.org, helpfully writes:
>>here try this newgrp wheel
>
>Unfortunately, I get the response:  newgrp: Command not found.
>
>
>TIA
>Michael Robinson
>Medford, Oregon USA
>miker@mind.net


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