Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 18:46:35 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> Cc: Douglas Flock <dougf@mccue.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SU command Message-ID: <19991006184635.D373@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910062202420.75977-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> References: <37FA827C.56699E7A@mccue.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910062202420.75977-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
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On Wed, Oct 06, 1999 at 10:04:53PM +0000, Jason C. Wells wrote: > On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Douglas Flock wrote: > > >Folks, > > > >I am getting an error using the SU command: > > > > Oct 2 06:08:38 myname SU: BAD SU > >dougf to root on /dev/ttyE0 > > > >I have user as member of group Wheel, as required. > > > >What am I missing? Is something corrupted? > > Da you have the correct user in group wheel? Do you have the right syntax > in /etc/groups? > > You said group Wheel. Did you mean group wheel? > You get that error when you get the password wrong. > IIRC, if you have group wheel problem su will say something like "not a > member of group wheel" > > Thank You, | http://students.washington.edu/jcwells > Jason Wells | "Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither > | freedom nor security." - Benjamin Franklin > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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