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Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 12:01:47 -0600
From: Gable Barber <gablebarber@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: su: Sorry - 5.2.1 -
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thank you for the help...

I will have to wait until I get home to try it..

Thanks again..

G_



On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 17:32:42 +0000, Daniel Bye
<freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org> wrote:
> 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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