Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 00:27:27 -0800 (PST) From: Donald Burr <d_burr@ix.netcom.com> To: "Miguel A.L. Paraz" <map@iphil.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to 'su' Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960209002646.3402A-100000@starfleet.gov> In-Reply-To: <199602090816.QAA24594@marikit.iphil.net>
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On Fri, 9 Feb 1996, Miguel A.L. Paraz wrote:
> Hello!
>
> How do you su to root? Even if the user's GID is changed to 0
> with vipw, su still says:
>
> su: you are not in the correct group to su root.
You have to edit /etc/group and add you login name to the "wheel" group.
Example:
wheel:*:0:root,newsadm,d_burr
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
It doesn't matter what your GID is set in /etc/passwd, you just have to
be listed in the 'wheel' group in order to be able to su.
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