Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 13:42:22 +1000 From: Harry Woodward-Clarke <Harry.Woodward-Clarke@S1.com> To: Sam Carleton <scarleton@miltonstreet.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: cannot use su Message-ID: <396E8C1E.5E608BBD@S1.com> References: <396E8D8C.B893D35D@miltonstreet.com>
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Hi Sam, > > My normal account can not su to get superuser access. I am assuming > there is a file somewhere I need to edit. Which file is it? > from the man-page... "Only users who are a member of group 0 (normally ``wheel'') can su to ``root''. If group 0 is missing or empty, any user can su to ``root''." hth, H To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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