From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 7 21:07:37 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6FA516A41F for ; Sat, 7 Jan 2006 21:07:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from smtp3.suscom.net (smtp3.suscom.net [64.78.119.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56B4443D45 for ; Sat, 7 Jan 2006 21:07:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by smtp3.suscom.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CC72210137 for ; Sat, 7 Jan 2006 16:07:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtp3.suscom.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp3.suscom.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 32032-01-18 for ; Sat, 7 Jan 2006 16:07:28 -0500 (EST) Received: from seibercom.net (ip148.217.susc.suscom.net [216.45.217.148]) by smtp3.suscom.net (Postfix) with SMTP id B0157210134 for ; Sat, 7 Jan 2006 16:07:28 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (budman [192.168.0.2]) by seibercom.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k07L7TwQ001356 for ; Sat, 7 Jan 2006 16:07:29 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 16:07:32 -0500 From: Gerard Seibert To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: gerard@seibercom.net Organization: Seibercom X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q Message-Id: <20060107160357.296E.GERARD@seibercom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.24.01 [en] X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.87.1, clamav-milter version 0.87 on seibercom.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at suscom.net Subject: New Users unable to SU X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 21:07:38 -0000 I seem to have developed a problem on my system. I can add new users either via the adduser script or using 'sysinstall'. The problem is that none of them can become root. They are all in the 'wheel' group, so it should be working. I am the only user that can access the root. They can use 'sudo' but that doesn't fix the problem. I have no idea where to begin to look for an answer. I hope someone can assist me. -- Gerard Seibert gerard@seibercom.net