Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 12:06:34 +1300 (NZDT) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: "M. Poulin" <mpoulin@honk.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: User in group wheel can't su to root Message-ID: <Pine.SCO.3.96.990115120536.26755D-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19990114152450.0091d890@spectre.honk.org>
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On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, M. Poulin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have recently installed FreeBSD 2.2.8 on my 2nd system, and I have set up everything as I did on
> my other system. However, my user account that I created is unable to su to root.
>
> The first thing I checked was to make sure it was in the "wheel" group. It is.
If the user isn't in /etc/group's wheel group, su(1) will not allow
the user to be root. Doesn't matter what the user's login-gid is.
Jonathan Chen
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