Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 15:04:00 +1000 From: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> To: Harry Woodward-Clarke <Harry.Woodward-Clarke@S1.com>, Sam Carleton <scarleton@miltonstreet.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: cannot use su Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000715150400.007f6bb0@192.168.1.194> In-Reply-To: <396E8C1E.5E608BBD@S1.com> References: <396E8D8C.B893D35D@miltonstreet.com>
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YEs you can use su and be in the wheel group. But you should ponder using sudo./ You can install sudo from www.freebsd.org/ports/ or you can goto to the sudo web site www.courtesan.org/sudo/ At 01:42 PM 7/14/00 +1000, Harry Woodward-Clarke wrote: >Hi Sam, > >> >> My normal account can not su to get superuser access. I am assuming >> there is a file somewhere I need to edit. Which file is it? >> > >from the man-page... > >"Only users who are a member of group 0 (normally ``wheel'') can su to >``root''. If group 0 is missing or empty, any user can su to ``root''." > >hth, > >H > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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