Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 13:13:34 +1000 From: "Andrew Specht" <andrew@iaccess.com.au> To: "Numard (Norberto Meijome)" <numard@smartmedia.com.ar>, "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Can't su root Message-ID: <017401bda955$3a812b60$e34a05cb@alpine.iaccess>
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Edit the /etc/group file and put yourself into the top group. ------------------------------------------------------------------- "People who say money can't buy happiness just don't know where to shop" Andrew Specht System Administrator / Internet Access Australia andrew@iaccess.com.au http://www.iaccess.com.au -----Original Message----- From: Numard (Norberto Meijome) <numard@smartmedia.com.ar> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Date: Tuesday, July 07, 1998 11:09 PM Subject: Can't su root >Hi! > i was able to su into root. now when i do "su root" i get the following >beto@smartnet$ su root >su: you are not in the correct group to su root. >beto@smartnet$ >---- >su-2.02# pw usershow beto >beto:*:1003:0:root:0:0:Norberto:/home/beto:/usr/local/bin/bash >su-2.02# id beto >uid=1003(beto) gid=0(wheel) groups=0(wheel) 1007(www) >su-2.02# pw usershow marcelo >marcelo:*:1004:0::0:0:Marcelo >Rodriguez:/home/marcelo:/usr/local/bin/bash >su-2.02# id marcelo >uid=1004(marcelo) gid=0(wheel) groups=0(wheel) 1007(www) >su-2.02# >--- >i can su root with user marcelo. but can't with user beto. why this? > i don't think i changed anything. >TIA! > >-- >Norberto Meijome (a) Numard, (a) Beto | ICQ # 15032073 > * Contrary to popular belief, Unix is user friendly. It just happens to >be very selective about who it decides to make friends with. > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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