Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 19:38:53 -0300 From: Capriotti <capriotti@geocities.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: telnet root login Message-ID: <3.0.32.19980226193532.0092e600@pop.mpc.com.br>
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I'm soprry for the stupid question, but beginners are like that... Per what Jon said, I must add all of my root-level users to the group wheel using some sort of application, right ? (which application ?) At 09:17 AM 2/27/98 +1300, you wrote: >On Thu, 26 Feb 1998, Capriotti wrote: > >> $ id >> uid=1003(bala1) gid=0(wheel) groups=0(wheel) >> $ su >> su: you are not in the correct group to su root. > >[Happened to me last month as well] > >su(1) doesn't look at your gid, it looks at /etc/group. If you >don't have the entry for bala1 within wheel in /etc/group, it won't >allow you to su to root. >-- >Jonathan Chen | de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n. Three wolves ><jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> | and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. > > >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
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