From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 23 19:13:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA21495 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 19:13:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ha1.rdc1.sfba.home.com (siteadm@ha1.rdc1.sfba.home.com [24.0.0.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA21485 for ; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 19:12:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ludwigp@bigfoot.com) Received: from speedy.plstn1.sfba.home.com ([24.1.82.47]) by ha1.rdc1.sfba.home.com (Netscape Mail Server v2.02) with SMTP id AAA2748; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 19:12:53 -0800 Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19980323191249.007368e0@mail.plstn1.sfba.home.com> X-Sender: ludwigp@mail.plstn1.sfba.home.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 19:12:49 -0800 To: Marko Ruban , questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Ludwig Pummer Subject: Re: Remote root login In-Reply-To: <3516D41C.9E15AFD4@cybernex.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 04:29 PM 3/23/98 -0500, Marko Ruban wrote: > My goal is to log on as root (or equivalent) from a pc on the same >LAN. I have been told that I can use SU command for that purpose. So, >I created a user called "boss" in group "wheel", and when I try to use >the SU command I get: "su: you are not in the correct group to su root." > > Please help. > > Marko The user has to be in group wheel in the /etc/group file. su doesn't care about your login group. --Ludwig Pummer ludwigp@bigfoot.com ICQ UIN: 692441 http://chipweb.home.ml.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message