From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 3 22:45:53 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA16507 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 3 Nov 1997 22:45:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from luke.cpl.net (luke.cpl.net [207.67.172.194]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA16497 for ; Mon, 3 Nov 1997 22:45:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from shawn@luke.cpl.net) Received: from localhost (shawn@localhost) by luke.cpl.net (8.8.7/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA03057; Mon, 3 Nov 1997 22:45:01 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 22:44:57 -0800 (PST) From: Shawn Ramsey To: Shan-Min Chao cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Super User In-Reply-To: <01bce8e3$d50ab440$10a088d0@dell> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 2) I have trouble logging on as super-user using any of the normal user > accounts I created during setup. I get an error of something like "Not in > the correct class to su root". Please help me. Also, I can't press Sorry, can't help you with the mouse problem, but there is an easy solution to this problem. Simply add the user id you wish to give root access to the wheel group in /etc/group. The users are comma delimited. > backspace and erase any mistakes I type when I log on as a normal user, > because it prints ^ and a character when I do so. When I log on as root, > this doesn't happen. Thats strange, where are you loggin in from? If its over a network from say a Winblows machine, check your terminal settings. Such as in Netterm, backspace should mean backspace (not delete). Other programs may be similar. Emulation should be set for vt100.