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Date:      Sat, 7 Apr 2001 16:23:47 -0400
From:      "G. Jason Middleton" <gmiddl1@gl.umbc.edu>
To:        Jeff Kornuta <JAK006@home.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: su root?
Message-ID:  <Pine.SGI.4.31L.02.0104071623060.2257825-100000@irix1.gl.umbc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20010408041545.A88544@c341449-a.btnrug1.la.home.com>

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The user that your are logged in as needs to be in the "wheel" group.
When you add a user and it asks you what groups you want to invite the
user into you must specify wheel.

Jason


On Sun, 8 Apr 2001, Jeff Kornuta wrote:

> I am new to freebsd but not to UNIX. How would I su root under a
> normal user? Every time I try to su , it says that I am not in the
> right group. What do I do?   -Jeff
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G. Jason Middleton


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