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Date:      Fri, 8 Jul 2005 12:08:40 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
To:        sharkwang@gmail.com
Cc:        FreeBSD User Groups for Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Can't use 'su' command,
Message-ID:  <200507081608.j68G8e1W001555@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <1e22f359050708085757f0f597@mail.gmail.com>

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> When I logon, my $SHELL is /bin/sh, but when I use 'su root' to do some 
> confige, the system told me :
> 
> $ su
> su: Sorry
> 
> I found out the su command location with the following :
> 
> $ which su
> /usr/bin/su
> 
> Anybody help me to figure out the problems ? thanks!

Is your id in the 'wheel' group?   It must be to be allowed
to do an su to root.

////jerry

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