Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 12:45:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com> Cc: El Diablo <thepro@wt.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd root Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980416124517.7029R-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <19980416101844.08376@mph124.rh.psu.edu>
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On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Matthew Hunt wrote:
> 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
^
Note: NO SPACES between entries. This caught me for a long time :)
Doug White | University of Oregon
Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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