Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 15:51:42 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Ken Ninh <nindo@admin.inetport.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: telnet and login as root Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980314155038.23647U-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980314084201.15222A-100000@admin.inetport.com>
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On Sat, 14 Mar 1998, Ken Ninh wrote: > Hello - I am unable telnet and login as root. Is this a restriction > of freeBSD? Yes, this is for your safety. > Currently, I am able to login as myself but not able to > 'su root' with the correct root password: > > "not in the correct group to su root" > > I made a mistake when setting up my user account during freeBSD > installation. I cannot get to the system console 'til Monday. Sorry, you're sunk since you can't get to root to modify /etc/group to add yourself to group `wheel'. > Is there any way to get around this? Please help, Thanks. Nope. If you're on another freebsd box you might try rsh. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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