From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 8 23:35:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA14924 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 8 Dec 1998 23:35:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.cityip.co.za (ns.cityip.co.za [196.25.223.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA14919 for ; Tue, 8 Dec 1998 23:35:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wjv@cityip.co.za) Received: from wjv by ns.cityip.co.za with local (Exim 2.05 #1) id 0zne9H-0001SH-00; Wed, 9 Dec 1998 09:35:03 +0200 Message-ID: <19981209093503.B5576@cityip.co.za> Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 09:35:03 +0200 From: Johann Visagie To: caijj@trans.hk.hi.cn, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can't su root References: <199812081537.XAA16890@trans.hk.hi.cn.> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <199812081537.XAA16890@trans.hk.hi.cn.>; from caijj@trans.hk.hi.cn on Tue, Dec 08, 1998 at 11:37:44PM +0800 X-PGP: ftp://ftp.cityip.co.za/users/wjv/pubkey.asc Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 08 Dec 1998 at 23:37 SAST, caijj@trans.hk.hi.cn wrote: > > I want to make a user su root, so I add it to the "wheel" group. > But it dosn't work. The system prompts:"Your are not in the correct > group to su root". > Should I do something else? After you've added the user to group "wheel", have him/her log out and back in again. -- V Johann Visagie | wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 | ICQ: 20645559 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message