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Date:      Wed, 4 Mar 1998 11:42:52 +1300 (NZDT)
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>
To:        "Jack T. Hsieh" <jhsieh@1connect.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Cannot su
Message-ID:  <Pine.SGI.3.96.980304114052.8476A-100000@tui.pinnacle.co.nz>
In-Reply-To: <34FC7BF7.86607CD7@1connect.com>

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On Tue, 3 Mar 1998, Jack T. Hsieh wrote:

> Hi ,
> I just installed the FreeBSD 2.2.5 on my computer.
> The problem I have is :
> When I login other than root, I'm not able to su. I did make sure I
> created the account in wheel group, but still no luck. Can someone help?

Make sure that the account has entry in /etc/group for wheel. su looks
in this file specifically, it doesn't inspect what the account's
login-group is.
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