From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 28 06:58:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA17228 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 28 Nov 1998 06:58:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pc250s117r1.jancomulti.com (pc250s117r1.jancomulti.com [195.139.117.250]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA17214 for ; Sat, 28 Nov 1998 06:58:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from paalsom@ifi.uio.no) Received: from ifi.uio.no (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pc250s117r1.jancomulti.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA01066; Sat, 28 Nov 1998 15:57:48 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from paalsom@ifi.uio.no) Message-ID: <36600F6A.47A4C15C@ifi.uio.no> Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 15:57:46 +0100 From: "Pål Sommerhein" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SU command 2.2.7 References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Chris wrote: > > just installed 2.2.7 (reformated my 2.2.6 drive and put 2.2.7 on) > any way my 'su' command won't work in my regular account. 'su' works in > root but that doesn't help me a whole lot. > when i run 'su' it just sits there and if I wait long enough i get the > message: > > myname /kernel:pid 475(su), uid0:exited on signal 11 Segmentation fault > > any one ever seen this? > > -Chris > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Hello I am no expert, but I just wonder: - Are you a member of the group wheel? I had to add myself to that group in order to use 'su' under X. (Before I added myself to group wheel I could 'su' to root when not using su(if I remember correctly :)) Hope it will help. Best regards, Pål To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message