From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 14 21:57: 5 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pop.idx.com.au (pop.idx.com.au [203.14.30.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DE2637B952 for ; Fri, 14 Jul 2000 21:57:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dannyh@idx.com.au) Received: from computer (maxc50.idx.com.au [203.19.9.50]) by pop.idx.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id OAA09718; Sat, 15 Jul 2000 14:56:44 +1000 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20000715150400.007f6bb0@192.168.1.194> X-Sender: dannyh@192.168.1.194 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 15:04:00 +1000 To: Harry Woodward-Clarke , Sam Carleton From: Danny Subject: Re: cannot use su Cc: FreeBSD Questions In-Reply-To: <396E8C1E.5E608BBD@S1.com> References: <396E8D8C.B893D35D@miltonstreet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG YEs you can use su and be in the wheel group. But you should ponder using sudo./ You can install sudo from www.freebsd.org/ports/ or you can goto to the sudo web site www.courtesan.org/sudo/ At 01:42 PM 7/14/00 +1000, Harry Woodward-Clarke wrote: >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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message