Re: Edit user groups

2009-01-21 Thread pete wright
>> >> > > and I recommend against sudo because it's very design is a man-in-the-middle > type of scenario, and one typo by the sudo devs can possibly make a mess out > of things. > > I think sudo makes a lazy admin -- too easy to just run in and hit > something. > > I think sudo is a false sense o

Re: Edit user groups

2009-01-21 Thread Clifton Royston
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 09:23:32PM -0700, Tim Judd wrote: > Clifton Royston wrote: > >Good advice given so far (pw is a good tool, direct editing works) but > >I'd also suggest you consider installing and using sudo; I always > >install it on all of my systems and use it probably 10-20 times as > >

Re: Edit user groups

2009-01-21 Thread Benjamin Lee
On 01/20/2009 08:23 PM, Tim Judd wrote: [...] > and I recommend against sudo because it's very design is a > man-in-the-middle type of scenario, and one typo by the sudo devs can > possibly make a mess out of things. > > I think sudo makes a lazy admin -- too easy to just run in and hit > somethin

Re: Edit user groups

2009-01-20 Thread Tim Judd
Clifton Royston wrote: On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 03:09:16PM -0500, Akenner wrote: Hi, I'm using FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE and I have multiple user accounts set up. I made about 4 for myself to use and do various testing with, and made some for my Wife as well because She knows UNIX better than I d

Re: Edit user groups

2009-01-20 Thread Clifton Royston
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 03:09:16PM -0500, Akenner wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE and I have multiple user accounts set up. > I made about 4 for myself to use and do various testing with, and made > some for my Wife as well because She knows UNIX better than I do anyway heh. > >

Re: Edit user groups

2009-01-20 Thread Akenner
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Re: Edit user groups

2009-01-20 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Akenner : > Hi, > > I'm using FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE and I have multiple user accounts set up. > I made about 4 for myself to use and do various testing with, and made > some for my Wife as well because She knows UNIX better than I do anyway heh. > > Anyway, one of the things I for

Re: Edit user groups

2009-01-20 Thread Steve Bertrand
Akenner wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE and I have multiple user accounts set up. > I made about 4 for myself to use and do various testing with, and made > some for my Wife as well because She knows UNIX better than I do anyway > heh. > > Anyway, one of the things I forgot about,

Re: Edit user groups

2009-01-20 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 03:09:16PM -0500, Akenner wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE and I have multiple user accounts set up. > I made about 4 for myself to use and do various testing with, and made > some for my Wife as well because She knows UNIX better than I do anyway heh. > >

Edit user groups

2009-01-20 Thread Akenner
Hi, I'm using FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE and I have multiple user accounts set up. I made about 4 for myself to use and do various testing with, and made some for my Wife as well because She knows UNIX better than I do anyway heh. Anyway, one of the things I forgot about, was that FreeBSD by default