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Date:      Sat, 30 Jun 2001 18:46:05 -0400
From:      rvb <rvb01@mediaone.net>
To:        "ben chung" <chung_ben6@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: how to get in root
Message-ID:  <sblsjt8i8579nliv9bf2u4qm7tf64p802p@4ax.com>
In-Reply-To: <F171m2aaHYqAFqF262i0001023f@hotmail.com>
References:  <F171m2aaHYqAFqF262i0001023f@hotmail.com>

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"ben chung" <chung_ben6@hotmail.com> wrote:

>  i installed BSD, got a  su password
>but how to get in root,  or somewhere can
>get help

Be sure you have your user_id added to the wheel group in your
/etc/group file.

ex.  wheel:*:0:root,<your_user_id>

This will allow you to switch user to root.

rvb
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