Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 15:13:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Bryce Newall <data@ds9.abac.com> To: FreeBSD Questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: can't su to root Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.970515151102.2954A-100000@ds9.abac.com>
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I accidentally deleted the original message before I could reply to it. :( In response to the guy who couldn't su to root: You said your group was wheel. Is that set in the passwd file? If so, that's the problem. Your group should be whatever group was created for you when you ran adduser to create your account (should be the same as your user ID). E.g. mine is: data:*:500:500:Bryce Newall,,619-458-2678:/home/data:/bin/tcsh In /etc/group: data:*:500: Now, what you want to do is to add your login *name* to the end of the wheel group line in the group file, i.e., in my case: wheel:*:0:root,data Once you've done that, log out and back in, and you should be able to su to root. ********************************************************************** * Bryce Newall * IRC: Data * Email: data@dal.net * * WWW: http://voyager.abac.com/data * IRC Admin, voyager.dal.net * * --== Try DALnet! Server irc.dal.net, port 7000 ==-- * * "Stop smirking, Number 1." -- J.L. Picard * * "I'm a doctor, not a doorstop!" -- EMH Program, ST:FC * **********************************************************************
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