[Solved] Can't add user to group wheel

zachnap · #1 February 17th, 2012, 05:34

Hello, I'm new to freeBSD. I am trying to add a user to group wheel. I have entered the following code:

Code:

pw user mod username -G wheel

I enter this command and I get no error message, it just goes to a new command line. Then I type:

Code:

groups username

and all I get is username, it does not list wheel as a group for that user.

monkeyboy · #2 February 17th, 2012, 07:05

looks to me like it is supposed to be:
# pw usermod username -G wheel

but I never use that thing... what's wrong with
# vi /etc/group

you are root when trying, right?

zachnap · #3 February 17th, 2012, 07:13

Never mind... I finally figured-out that my file system was read-only. I had no idea why I was getting this response when trying to use vi and view and other things.

I just used the command:

Code:

mount -u /

and that apparently changes the file system to read-write. Then I modified the user grouplist and added wheel.

zachnap · #4 February 17th, 2012, 07:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by monkeyboy

looks to me like it is supposed to be:

pw usermod username -G wheel

but I never use that thing... what's wrong with

vi /etc/group

you are root when trying, right?

It doesn't matter whether "usermod" or "user mod" - its the same thing.

I couldn't use vi before since the file system was set to read-only. I am root, single-user.

Thanks for the reply though.

**SirDice** · #5 February 17th, 2012, 11:10

If you boot in single user mode only the root (/) filesystem is mounted. Read-only.

To get some functionality you need to remember these (you're going to use them often):

Code:

fsck -p         # if you have errors fsck -y might be a better idea
mount -u /      # re-mounts root read-write
mount -t ufs -a # mounts all UFS filesystems
swapon -a       # turns on swap/virtual memory
adjkerntz -i    # adjusts for the timezone

After that the system is in a reasonable state to edit things.

zachnap · #6 February 17th, 2012, 16:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by SirDice

If you boot in single user mode only the root (/) filesystem is mounted. Read-only.

To get some functionality you need to remember these (you're going to use them often):

Code:

fsck -p         # if you have errors fsck -y might be a better idea
mount -u /      # re-mounts root read-write
mount -t ufs -a # mounts all UFS filesystems
swapon -a       # turns on swap/virtual memory
adjkerntz -i    # adjusts for the timezone

After that the system is in a reasonable state to edit things.

Thanks. I don't know what all that stuff means yet but hopefully I will at some point.

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