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From: David Nugent <davidn@unique.usn.blaze.net.au>
Subject: Re: bin/3233: adduser(8) doesn't add users to the wheel group
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The following reply was made to PR bin/3233; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Nugent <davidn@unique.usn.blaze.net.au>
To: pgiffuni@FPS.biblos.unal.edu.co
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/3233: adduser(8) doesn't add users to the wheel group
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 11:38:58 +1000

 On Tue Apr  8 15:09:30 EST 1997, pgiffuni@FPS.biblos.unal.edu.co writes:
 > I am trying to su to root under FreeBSD under 2.2 Release and I receive a
 > message that I am not in the correct group. My id gives:
 > uid=1000(pedro) gid=0(wheel) groups=0(wheel), 31(guest)
 > but my name wasn't added in /etc/group
 
 Known problem. You *need* to be in /etc/group since that's
 all that su looks at, not the primary group for the user.
 
 Regards,
 
 David Nugent - Unique Computing Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Australia
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