From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 16 7:23:47 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 A5E7D37B40E for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 07:23:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.macconnect.com (mail.macconnect.com [204.68.168.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8BDFE43E42 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 07:23:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bmcalpine@macconnect.com) Received: (qmail 89797 invoked by uid 0); 16 Jul 2002 14:30:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.0.1.8?) (66.108.173.12) by mail.macconnect.com with SMTP; 16 Jul 2002 14:30:52 -0000 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.0.2006 Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 10:23:29 -0400 Subject: Re: su to root From: Brendan McAlpine To: , Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <02071618100900.01817@Gavin2.localdomain> Mime-version: 1.0 X-Priority: 2 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit 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 You should be able to just type su and it will ask you the password for the root account. No need for the full path. Brendan > From: Gavin > Organization: Gavin's English School > Reply-To: gauin_36@d3.dion.ne.jp > Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 18:10:09 +0900 > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: su to root > > 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