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Subject: Re: unable to do su from user to become super user
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Damon Blom wrote:

>Hi
>FreeBSD presario.com 7.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #7: Sun Oct  9 22:44:53 
>PDT 2005     root@presario.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MYKERNEL  amd64
>   I cannot go from user to super user.
>  su: error while loading shared libraries: libpam.so.0: cannot open shared 
>object file: No such file or directory
>
>  
>

In contrast to what others have just posted, I don't think
adding yourself to the wheel group will help much with this.


> system boots fine multiuser and I can login as root no problem. I just can't
>login as user and become root with su
>    still a newbie.
>      Thank's so much
>           Damon
>  
>


If that last is true ("still a newbie"), then why on God's Green
Earth are you running 7.0-CURRENT?

When you run -CURRENT, you're generally expected to be
able to deal with most issues like this yourself, at least in
some limited way....

Did you read /src/UPDATING, for starters?

Please note:  I'm not trying to flame you.  But I wonder
if you're in over your head.  I don't run -CURRENT, myself,
but this is the sort of thing that sounds like you did something
without meaning to....

Kevin Kinsey