From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 3 2:36:12 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail0.mia.bellsouth.net (mail0.mia.bellsouth.net [205.152.16.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EA5A15D31 for ; Mon, 3 May 1999 02:35:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from otterr@bellsouth.net) Received: from otterr (host-216-77-208-194.fll.bellsouth.net [216.77.208.194]) by mail0.mia.bellsouth.net (8.8.8-spamdog/8.8.5) with SMTP id FAA13711 for ; Mon, 3 May 1999 05:35:47 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <009b01be9548$9cf15c40$c2d04dd8@otterr.bellsouth.net> From: "Otter" To: Subject: Re: logging on as root (was: getting warning on start-up/can't findfiles) Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 05:37:50 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -----Original Message----- From: media@mail1.nai.net To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Monday, May 03, 1999 2:41 AM Subject: logging on as root (was: getting warning on start-up/can't findfiles) >At 3:53 PM +1200 5/3/99, Jonathan Chen wrote: >> >>> changing root device to wd0s2a >>> WARNING: / was not properly dismounted >> >>You didn't shut your machine down properly. Next time, instead of >>switching it off, log in as root as use: >> >> shutdown -h now >> > >THANX!! > >How do I log on as root if I'm already logged on?? The only way I seem to >be able to do that is if I hit the "PrintScrn/SysRq" key. Is that the >proper way, or is there a command in UNIX?? > Answer: "su" *IF* you're a member of the wheel group > > > >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