Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 12:59:49 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille <marc@blackend.org> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Cc: indunil <indunil@stafford.lk> Subject: [indunil@stafford.lk: help !!!!!!] Message-ID: <20040818105949.GA78450@abigail.blackend.org>
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--G4iJoqBmSsgzjUCe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline The freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org mailing list is the right place to ask this sort of question. You have to add your user to the wheel group to be able to su. pw groupmod wheel -m yourusername should do the trick. Marc --G4iJoqBmSsgzjUCe Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-doc@freebsd.org> Received: from mx2.freebsd.org (mx2.freebsd.org [216.136.204.119]) by abigail.blackend.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i7IAfsVT080051 for <marc@blackend.org>; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 12:41:55 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@freebsd.org) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.freebsd.org [216.136.204.18]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CA5C56C2E for <marc@blackend.org>; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 10:41:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@freebsd.org) Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) id BEBC516A4CF; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 10:41:52 +0000 (GMT) Delivered-To: blackend@freebsd.org Received: from hub.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB38F16A4D1; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 10:41:52 +0000 (GMT) Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BFCC16A4CE for <freebsd-doc@freebsd.org>; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 10:41:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from relay1.slt.lk (relay1.slt.lk [203.115.0.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0E2643D48 for <freebsd-doc@freebsd.org>; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 10:41:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from indunil@stafford.lk) Received: from stafford.lk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relay1.slt.lk (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i7IAdvca014703 for <freebsd-doc@freebsd.org>; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 16:39:58 +0600 (LKT) Received: from indunil ([200.200.200.189]) (authenticated user indunil@stafford.lk) by stafford.lk (stafford.lk [200.200.200.150]) (MDaemon.PRO.v6.8.5.R) with ESMTP id 29-md50000000024.tmp for <freebsd-doc@freebsd.org>; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 16:49:04 +0600 Message-ID: <001c01c48510$df19afb0$bdc8c8c8@indunil> From: "indunil" <indunil@stafford.lk> To: <freebsd-doc@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 16:48:17 +0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 X-Authenticated-Sender: indunil@stafford.lk X-Spam-Processed: stafford.lk, Wed, 18 Aug 2004 16:49:04 +0600 (not processed: message from valid local sender) X-MDRemoteIP: 200.200.200.189 X-Return-Path: indunil@stafford.lk X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: help !!!!!! X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: indunil <indunil@stafford.lk> List-Id: Documentation project <freebsd-doc.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc>, <mailto:freebsd-doc-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-doc>; List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-doc@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-doc-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc>, <mailto:freebsd-doc-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Errors-To: owner-freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by abigail.blackend.org id i7IAfsVT080051 X-SpamProbe: GOOD 0.0000378 4823d03ecf1c34ebaa3fa04bf188ab37 Hi, I installed FREEBSD 5.2.1. I can telnet to Free BSD box from Windows 2000 client. I can telnet to it with my USERNAME and PASSWORD. Then I want to be root. So I issue SU - ( or SU - root). then FreeBSD box asks me the passwrd (root's password ). when I give root's password, FreeBSD box does not accept . Why ? Pls help me ... Thanks Indunil Jayasooriya Healthiness of the System 99.99% _______________________________________________ freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --G4iJoqBmSsgzjUCe--
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