From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 8 04:33:22 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id DAA02212 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 8 Mar 1996 03:21:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [192.216.222.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id DAA02159 for ; Fri, 8 Mar 1996 03:21:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns.okbmei.msk.su (ns.okbmei.msk.su [194.190.170.40]) by who.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with SMTP id WAA21763 for ; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 22:57:13 -0800 Received: from kiae.UUCP by ns.okbmei.msk.su with UUCP id AA03317 (5.67c8/IDA-1.5); Fri, 8 Mar 1996 09:46:56 +0300 Received: from freefall.FreeBSD.ORG by sovcom.kiae.su with SMTP id AA06293 (5.65.kiae-1 for ); Fri, 8 Mar 1996 09:36:45 +0300 Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA00860 Thu, 7 Mar 1996 18:54:32 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA00827 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 18:54:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns.okbmei.msk.su (ns.okbmei.msk.su [194.190.170.40]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA00814 for ; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 18:54:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from kiae.UUCP by ns.okbmei.msk.su with UUCP id AA01518 (5.67c8/IDA-1.5); Fri, 8 Mar 1996 05:43:25 +0300 Received: from freefall.FreeBSD.ORG by sovcom.kiae.su with SMTP id AA22414 (5.65.kiae-1 for ); Fri, 8 Mar 1996 05:15:10 +0300 Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA12080 Thu, 7 Mar 1996 15:43:48 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA11672 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 15:41:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailhub.aros.net (mailhub.aros.net [205.164.111.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA11667 for ; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 15:41:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from terra.aros.net (terra.aros.net [205.164.111.10]) by mailhub.aros.net (8.6.12/Unknown) with ESMTP id QAA02608; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 16:46:58 -0700 Received: (from angio@localhost) by terra.aros.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id QAA30255; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 16:41:14 -0700 From: Dave Andersen Message-Id: <199603072341.QAA30255@terra.aros.net> Subject: Re: SU To: chet@redsky.com (Chet Puskarz-Carello) Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 16:41:13 -0700 (MST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Chet Puskarz-Carello" at Mar 7, 96 10:35:52 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text X-Charset: KOI8-R X-Char-Esc: 29 Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk They may be set to default to group wheel, but they're not actually in the group. Edit the group file and add them. -Dave Andersen Lo and behold, Chet Puskarz-Carello once said: > > Hi guys, > I'm been having trouble setting up superuser access to root. When I 'su > root' and sign on with the proper password, I get a reponse that user is > not part of group. > > I've designated the user to be group 0 (wheel) when I created the user. > That I believe is the group that root belongs to. > > Any ideas, > > Thank you for your help, > > chet carello > > > > > Chet Puskarz > Red Sky Films > 50 Green St., S.F., CA. 94111 > ph: 415.421.7332, fax: 415.421.0927 > chet@redsky.com > http://www.redsky.com > > -- angio@aros.net Complete virtual hosting and business-oriented system administration Internet services. (WWW, FTP, email) http://www.aros.net/ http://www.aros.net/about/virtual/ "There are only two industries that refer to thier customers as 'users'."