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Date:      Wed, 13 Nov 1996 09:57:17 -0500 (EST)
From:      Jeremy Sigmon <jsigmon@www.hsc.wvu.edu>
To:        jadeite <jadeite@light.pomona.edu>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Bug in 1014???
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.961113095544.23811C-100000@www.hsc.wvu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961112163320.1570C-100000@light.pomona.edu>

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On Tue, 12 Nov 1996, jadeite wrote:

> A user will be in any group that you specify in /etc/passwd.
> You need to be in group wheel to su.

I was listed as being in group 0 in /etc/passwd
and in master.passwd of course.
But su was only reading /etc/group evidently and group was not
automatically updated.  I didn't have to touch it in 2.1.5.
Any other ideas?

> 
> On Tue, 12 Nov 1996, Jeremy Sigmon wrote:
> 
> > 
> > When I created users the /etc/group file was not updated.
> > I noticed when I could not su on my new machine.
> > Is this a known bug? (I don't remember seeing a PR)
> > thanks
> > 
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