Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 10:48:26 +0200 From: Marco Masotti <mc7953@mclink.it> To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: blair@cyber-naut.com Subject: Re:Locked out of my system Message-ID: <3216D8DA.41C67EA6@mclink.it>
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> On Sat, 17 Aug 1996, Justin J. Ashworth wrote: > > On Sat, 17 Aug 1996, Blair Schmittel wrote: > > > > > >I can not obtain root privilegdes on my own machine. > > > > Is the account you're trying to su from a member of the wheel group? > Yes it is. Check that your group ownership to wheel is enforced using a proper entry in the passwd database (vipw, I mean), and not merely in the /etc/group file. The su command looks like not considering entries in the /etc/group, as far as when validating wheel group at least. That seems not clearly documented in the su(1) man page. Regards, Marco.
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