Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 21:45:50 +0000 From: "Aaron D. Gifford" <agifford@infowest.com> To: Marko Ruban <marko@CYBERNEX.NET>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Remote root login Message-ID: <3516D80D.C5FAA026@infowest.com> References: <3516D41C.9E15AFD4@cybernex.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Marko Ruban wrote: > > My goal is to log on as root (or equivalent) from a pc on the same > LAN. I have been told that I can use SU command for that purpose. So, > I created a user called "boss" in group "wheel", and when I try to use > the SU command I get: "su: you are not in the correct group to su root." > > Please help. > > Marko > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Be sure that you put user "boss" in group wheel within the /etc/group file. I believe the "su" command ONLY looks at the /etc/group data to see if the user is in group wheel, ignoring any group membership specified in the password database. Aaron out. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?3516D80D.C5FAA026>