Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 10:18:44 -0400 From: Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com> To: El Diablo <thepro@wt.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd root Message-ID: <19980416101844.08376@mph124.rh.psu.edu> In-Reply-To: <3535BBE0.2C6B180B@wt.net>; from El Diablo on Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 03:05:53AM -0500 References: <3535BBE0.2C6B180B@wt.net>
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On Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 03:05:53AM -0500, El Diablo wrote: > when trying to su root as a normal user, freebsd doent allow this even > if the user is in the same group as root (wheel). How do I allow this? > I have a few priviledged users to have root access. I am running > FreeBSD with MD5 encryptions (not kerebos). "su" does not look at the primary group (the one that is a field in /etc/passwd). Make sure that the users are listed in the /etc/group entry for wheel, like so: wheel:*:0:root,mph -- Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com> * Stay close to the Vorlon. http://mph124.rh.psu.edu/~mph/pgp.key for PGP public key 0x67203349. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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