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Date:      Sat, 20 Mar 2004 19:13:44 +0100
From:      Remko Lodder <remko@elvandar.org>
To:        Kevin Coles <kevcoles@sympatico.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Su to Root
Message-ID:  <405C89D8.9030902@elvandar.org>
In-Reply-To: <405C8161.401@sympatico.ca>
References:  <405C8161.401@sympatico.ca>

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Kevin Coles wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> I am using freebsd 5.2, which I have installed recently. I cannot seem 
> to su to root while using my normal account.
> All I get is a message saying "Sorry." Can anyone help?
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kevin Coles
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Hi Kevin,

Are you in the group wheel?

You can see that with the command `id`
If you are not, then you cannot su to root :-)

Cheers

Remko



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