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Date:      Tue, 26 May 1998 17:44:33 -0700
From:      don morrison <dmorrisn@u.washington.edu>
To:        Zip311 <root@cc1003523-a.twsn1.md.home.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: I can't su!!
Message-ID:  <3.0.3.32.19980526174433.006e77c0@dmorrisn.deskmail.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <356B1AC6.A9A451C2@cc1003523-a.twsn1.md.home.com>

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>When I try to "su" to root it gives me the message:
>"su: you are not in the correct group to su root."
>But my /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd entries both state me as being
>in group wheel.
>Am I doing some thing wrong?
>How can I fix this?

Your /etc/group file also needs to include you in the wheel group.


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