Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 01:07:01 -0700 (PDT) From: "f.johan.beisser" <jan@caustic.org> To: root <lord@connection.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: permission denied Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004260055110.19308-100000@pogo.caustic.org> In-Reply-To: <39069687.DD3D7535@connection.com>
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what groups are you in? in order to "su" in BSD, you have to be a member of group wheel. if you're not sure that you're in the group, do a more of /etc/group, and check. you should see something like this: wheel:*:0:root you should use pw(8) or simply vi, to modify the file, and add your own login to it. be sure you separate it with a comma. hope this helps a bit, -- jan On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, root wrote: > Hi, > > No matter what form of Unix I use, I get 'permission denied' logged in > as root. > But if I use a file manager to access the same thing, I can. > All I have for FreeBSD is Xterm and I'm trying to compile the kernel. > How do I solve this problem??? > I've tried every form of Linux and Solaris7 and have the same problem. > Is it in how the installation is done? Am I missing something along the > way??? > > Please help. I got the get away from Windows. > > > Harv > lord@connection.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > +-----/ f. johan beisser /------------------------------+ email: jan[at]caustic.org web: http://www.caustic.org/~jan "knowledge is power. power corrupts. study hard, be evil." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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