Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 17:32:42 +0000 From: Daniel Bye <freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: su: Sorry - 5.2.1 - Message-ID: <20041106173242.GA24055@catflap.slightlystrange.org> In-Reply-To: <aab166ce04110609234b42cbae@mail.gmail.com> References: <aab166ce04110609234b42cbae@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 11:23:44AM -0600, Gable Barber wrote: > $ su > su: Sorry > $ In BSD, you need to be a member of group `wheel' to use su. Login as root, and edit the /etc/group file to add your username to wheel. Alternatively, use the pw command. Something like this should work: # ps user mod <username> -Gwheel > The FAQ says to post this first : > > $ uname -a > FreeBSD tcb.garagemoderne.com 5.2.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE #0: > Mon Feb 23 20:45:55 GMT 2004 > root@wv1u.btc.adaptec.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > $ > > > And I cant SSH in as root. I am VERY new to FreeBSD, and am lost. I > have been using Linux (RH9/Fedora) for awhile, so I understand some > basics, but I cannot figure this one out. The default behaviour of SSH in FreeBSD is to not allow remote root login. If you really must allow root login, edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and add a line PermitRootLogin yes If you do this, I suggest you disable password authentication and use public key authentication instead. HTH Dan -- Daniel Bye PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: 3B9D 8BBB EB03 BA83 5DB4 3B88 86FC F03A 90A1 BE8F _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \
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