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Date:      Fri, 16 Jul 2004 14:37:22 +0900
From:      Luke Kearney <lukek@meibin.net>
To:        mfcardenas@prodigy.net.mx
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 'su' problem
Message-ID:  <20040716143646.F046.LUKEK@meibin.net>
In-Reply-To: <200407160044.20159.mfcardenas@prodigy.net.mx>
References:  <200407160044.20159.mfcardenas@prodigy.net.mx>

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On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 00:44:20 -0500
Miguel Cardenas <mfcardenas@prodigy.net.mx> spake thus:

> Hello list...
> 
> When I try to run 'su' it does not run and returns a message:
> 
> su: Sorry.
> 
> and returns to the shell prompt... I guess it is 'cos some kind of 
> permission... just read the 'su' manpage and it tells about a /etc/pam.conf 
> but the file is not present... should I create it by hand? or there is an 
> utility to add users or something like?
> 
> Thanx!

Is your user a member of the wheel group?

HTH

LukeK
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Luke Kearney <lukek@meibin.net>



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