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Subject: Re: Can't use 'su' command,
 after I installed FreeBSD by minimized model !
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> When I logon, my $SHELL is /bin/sh, but when I use 'su root' to do some
> confige, the system told me :
>
> $ su
> su: Sorry
>
> I found out the su command location with the following :
>
> $ which su
> /usr/bin/su
>
> Anybody help me to figure out the problems ? thanks!
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is the user name your are using to attempt su in the wheel group?
can you log in directly as root?