Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 23:48:30 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Doug Flock <dougf@mccue.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SU command Message-ID: <19991006234830.C400@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <01BF1004.91E96950.dougf@mccue.com> References: <01BF1004.91E96950.dougf@mccue.com>
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On Wed, Oct 06, 1999 at 02:10:39PM -0700, Doug Flock wrote: > Mark, > > I have group "wheel"; small "w". > > I entered password correctly. > > Only error is one I outlined. > OK. su normally prints the message you see to the console (/dev/ttyv0) and also prints another message (such as "Sorry") at the prompt you tried to su from. Did you see anything else? Checking the source you should be seeing one of: Sorry Sorry - account expired These are the only 2 associated with the "BAD SU" error, and both are password related. > Doug > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Ovens [SMTP:mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org] > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 10:47 AM > To: Jason C. Wells > Cc: Douglas Flock; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: SU command > > 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 > -- 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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