From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 17 07:39:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA19772 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 17 Jul 1998 07:39:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA19727 for ; Fri, 17 Jul 1998 07:39:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id JAA18215; Fri, 17 Jul 1998 09:37:25 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199807171437.JAA18215@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: can't su In-Reply-To: from Chris Browning at "Jul 17, 98 10:00:03 am" To: brownicm@netunlimited.net (Chris Browning) Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 09:37:24 -0500 (CDT) Cc: plamendp@techno-link.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In a previous message, Chris Browning said: > > On 17-Jul-98 Plamen Petkov wrote: > > > > > > Chris Browning wrote: > > > >> I can login as root with no problem and perform root > >> fuinctions, but I can't su as a user in wheel group. I > >> have > >> tried adding new users, deleteing and re-adding. This > >> always worked before my last re-install (2.2.6) 2 mos. > >> ago. > >> I get a segmentation fault. Any ideas anyone? Thanks. > >> > > > > Make the non-root user belong to the wheel (0) group in > > the passwd > > > > -- > > Plamen D. Petkov > > Passwd and master.passwd both? Tried that, no luck. > Nope. The non-root user has to appear on the wheel line in /etc/group. -- Everybody else does it. --from "Excuses, Excuses" *the* compendium of excuses by Leigh W. Rutledge To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message