From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 14 9:39: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dart.sr.se (dart.SR.SE [193.12.91.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B70DE14E0B for ; Fri, 14 May 1999 09:38:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gunnar@pluto.sr.se) Received: from honken.sr.se ([134.25.128.27]) by dart.sr.se (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA06681; Fri, 14 May 1999 18:38:20 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from pluto.sr.se (pluto.SR.SE [134.25.193.91]) by honken.sr.se (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA09983; Fri, 14 May 1999 18:38:19 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from gunnar@localhost) by pluto.sr.se (8.9.2/8.9.1) id SAA17501; Fri, 14 May 1999 18:38:19 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from gunnar) Message-ID: <19990514183819.A17493@sr.se> Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 18:38:19 +0200 From: Gunnar Flygt To: "David M. Redmond" Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: problems with su command Reply-To: flygt@sr.se References: <3.0.3.32.19990514182056.0069d830@mailhost.fc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19990514182056.0069d830@mailhost.fc.edu>; from David M. Redmond on Fri, May 14, 1999 at 06:20:56PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, May 14, 1999 at 06:20:56PM +0200, David M. Redmond wrote: > > I have a question to which I cannot seem to find the answer anywhere... > > I have inherited a FreeBSD 2.1.0 (GENERIC) #0 UNIX box. It has been > running fine for a long time (since 1995). The problem is that I can login > as root on the server console, but nowhere else. I cannot login as root > through telnet nor can I login as another user and su to root. It simply > says Sorry. You shouldn't log in as root directly with telnet! And to be able to su to root when logged in as someone else, you have to put `someone else` in the group wheel Good luck! > > This would not be a problem except that since I have to do all root > operations from the console, 1) I must be at the server and 2) I have to > keep putting up with console messages that are displayed. > > If someone could tell me what permissions and/or configuration files need > to be examined, I would be very appreciative. > > Thanks (in advance). > Mr. D. M. Redmond > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- __o regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_ email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message