Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:48:41 -0500 (EST) From: Jeremy Sigmon <jsigmon@www.hsc.wvu.edu> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: jadeite <jadeite@light.pomona.edu>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bug in 1014??? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961114144617.29668D@www.hsc.wvu.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961113174110.26765E-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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> > > A user will be in any group that you specify in /etc/passwd. > > > You need to be in group wheel to su. > > > > I was listed as being in group 0 in /etc/passwd > > and in master.passwd of course. > > But su was only reading /etc/group evidently and group was not > > automatically updated. I didn't have to touch it in 2.1.5. > > Any other ideas? > > You did use vipw to make those changes to passwd, right? Direct editing > of /etc/passwd does not work. > Correct. I used vipw. I don't mind editing the /etc/group file, but I thought it was automatically generated. Oh well. If someone installs 2.2-ALPHA and uses the /stand/sysinstall to add users would you check if it updates your /etc/group file? If so great!!! thanks for the help
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