Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!njin!troch From: troch@pilot.njin.net (Rod Troch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Permissions for new user Message-ID: Date: 21 Aug 90 00:18:02 GMT References: <1990Aug20.225241.3797@agate.berkeley.edu> Distribution: na Organization: NJ InterCampus Network, New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 29 In article <1990Aug20.225241.3797@agate.berkeley.edu> solovay@cartan.berkeley.edu (Robert M. Solovay) writes: > I have a stand-alone NeXT with the system booting from a 330 meg [text deleted] > So my question has two parts:1) What groups other than "other" does > "me' belong to; 2) How do I give the new account membership in these > groups as well. The group you want to belong to is the 'wheel' group. Do the following to add users to the wheel group or any group for that matter. nidump group . > lala modify the file! Put users in or take them out of the groups! Wheel is the one where you can su and all that good stuff! Then you have to reload the file! niload group . < lala That should do it! Good Luck, Rod -- ----------- Rod Troch Kean College of New Jersey internet : troch@pilot.njin.net : troch@luau.kean.edu : troch@bart.kean.edu <--> NeXT Mail (Lip Service) compuserve : 75335.544@compuserve.com