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Date:      Mon, 5 Mar 2001 15:38:32 +0300
From:      Igor Robul <igor@raduga.dyndns.org>
To:        Clinton Roane <clinton.roane@worldnet.att.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Please help!
Message-ID:  <20010305153832.A5074@linux.rainbow>
In-Reply-To: <NEBBJOHKILINGGMNJFFDCECGCAAA.clinton.roane@worldnet.att.net>; from clinton.roane@worldnet.att.net on Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 06:50:18AM -0800
References:  <NEBBJOHKILINGGMNJFFDCECGCAAA.clinton.roane@worldnet.att.net>

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On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 06:50:18AM -0800, Clinton Roane wrote:
> Ok, I've set up FreeBSD, I am root but I don't want to be in the system as
> root all the time.  When I log into my regular account and try to su it says
> "your are not a member of the right group to use su".  HOW do I become su
> and how do I add groups??
Hello, 
as always, you need read manual page. In this case do at shell prompt
"man su". Near then end of page you'll find 
"Only users who are a member of group 0 (normally ``wheel'') ...."

-- 
Igor Robul, Unix System Administrator & Programmer @ sanatorium "Raduga", 
Sochi, Russia
http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=304744

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