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Date:      Mon, 17 Aug 1998 12:36:39 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        almazs@wgn.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: Can't 'su' to root  on rel. 2.2.7
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808171236070.26224-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <35D62ED1.455B@wgn.net>

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On Sat, 15 Aug 1998 almazs@wgn.net wrote:

> Hi;
> 
> I just installed FreeBSD rel 2.2.7 and tried to su to root by first
> editing /etc/group and adding/replaceng the word 'root' on the first
> line with the name of the user to su to root.
> 
> i.e  wheel:*:0:admin     # admin is network administrator to be able
> to                          # su to root 

That wasn't such a great idea.  You should have listed it after, like:

wheel:*:0:root,admin

su may have pains if root isn't in wheel.

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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