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Title
How to add a user to the wheel group in OS X -
Description
Date - AUG 2008
Affected Product & Version - NVBU 8.1
Affected Module & Version - N/A
OS Version - OS X
Application Information - N/A
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Resolution
In OS X 10.4.x you use niutil. You can check to see what users are in the wheel group with this command.
niutil -readprop . /groups/wheel users
The following command will add the user john to the wheel group.
niutil -appendprop . /groups/wheel users john
In OS X 10.5.x you use dscl. To add the user john to the wheel group use the following command.
dscl -p / -append /Groups/wheel users john -
Additional Information
BakBone SFDC Solution Number: 00003953