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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

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