From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 16 7:21:54 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 A79A237B400 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 07:21:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.agoron.com (smtp.agoron.com [206.181.233.126]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 90A9043E42 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 07:21:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marius@agoron.com) Received: (qmail 72547 invoked from network); 16 Jul 2002 14:28:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO quasi1) (206.181.233.90) by smtp.agoron.com with SMTP; 16 Jul 2002 14:28:42 -0000 From: "Marius Kirschner" To: , Subject: RE: su to root Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 10:21:52 -0400 Message-ID: <04bb01c22cd4$214bf470$5ae9b5ce@quasi1> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 In-Reply-To: <02071618100900.01817@Gavin2.localdomain> X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal 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 The user needs to be part of the group "wheel" in order to have access to su. ---Marius > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd- > questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Gavin > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 5:10 AM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: su to root > Importance: High > > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message