Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 16:04:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Jolley <doug@cybernautics.net> To: undisclosed-recipients:; Subject: su to root Message-ID: <199704162304.QAA19987@neptune.neptune.net>
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Thanks to all (and there were many) who responded to my plea
for help in this topic. I am now able to su to root just fine.
However, I'd like to through a couple of observations out for
comment.
First, in running tests here it appears that it's the group
number and not the name that's important. I tested having
myself in group 0 but with that group re-named "spoke" rather
than "wheel" and I was able to su to root just fine.
Secondly, and this was a surprise, it appears that in orde to be
able to su to root one must be associated with group 0 in the
/etc/group file. By that I mean that having the user assigned
to group 0 in the /etc/passwd file does not seem to work. That
appears to me to be in direct contradiction to what the man page
on group says. So, to wrap up this topic, am I missing something
on that point? Thanks again for any input.
... doug
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