From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 16 7:16:31 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F19CB37B400 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 07:16:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pop.d3.dion.ne.jp (K110010.ppp.dion.ne.jp [211.18.110.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E202B43E4A for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 07:16:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gauin_36@d3.dion.ne.jp) Received: from Gavin2.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pop.d3.dion.ne.jp (Postfix) with SMTP id CA082661A4 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 23:17:20 +0900 (JST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" From: Gavin Reply-To: gauin_36@d3.dion.ne.jp Organization: Gavin's English School To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: su to root Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 18:10:09 +0900 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] X-PRIORITY: 2 (High) MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <02071618100900.01817@Gavin2.localdomain> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I've just installed FreeBSD 4.5, and using some of my linux knowledge, I've tried to "su" to root from my user account, I've checked the online book and I cant seem to find anything about su-ing... I'm also using "Unix hints and HACKS" as my first reference book.. Page 92 (Security) says I should type the complete path eg. /bin/su /bin/su root when I type $ /bin/su I get not found $ /bin/su root not found at the moment I have to log out and re-log in as root to do anything.. this cant be.. can someone help a newbie out with this problem?? Another question, what group do I need to be in to su to root (if I need to be in a special group that is..) Thanks for all the help in advance....GOD BLESS YOU ALL Gavin -- Gavin's English School Fukushimaken, Fukushima City Nankodai 2-34-1 T-960-8143 fax 0245-22-3264 phone 0245-21-6220 e-mail gauin_36@d3.dion.ne.jp (school mail address) Registered Linux user #199685 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message