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Random man page:  setpwent(3) -- Access user attribute information in the user database
The endpwent(), fgetpwent(), getpwent(), getpwnam(), getpwuid(), putpwent(), and setpwent() functions may be used to access the basic user attributes. The getpwent(), getpwnam(), and getpwuid() functi...
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Any user that is a member of the wheel group can use "su -" to simulate
a root login. You can add a user to the wheel group by editing /etc/group.
		-- Konstantinos Konstantinidis
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