From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 18 16:35:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA01339 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 16:35:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA01221 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 16:34:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA06670; Mon, 19 Jan 1998 11:04:26 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id LAA00343; Mon, 19 Jan 1998 11:04:26 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980119110425.00483@lemis.com> Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 11:04:25 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Jonathan Chen Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: su to root problem References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: ; from Jonathan Chen on Mon, Jan 19, 1998 at 01:30:03PM +1300 Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Mon, Jan 19, 1998 at 01:30:03PM +1300, Jonathan Chen wrote: > Hi, > > I've got a problem su'ing to root: > > kakapo-~,1:27pm> uname -a > FreeBSD kakapo.pinnacle.co.nz 2.2.5-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE #0: > Fri Dec 5 12:54:57 NZDT 1997 > root@kakapo.pinnacle.co.nz:/usr/src/sys/compile/KAKAPO i386 > kakapo-~,1:27pm> id > uid=1000(jonc) gid=0(wheel) groups=0(wheel) > kakapo-~,1:27pm> su > su: you are not in the correct group to su root. > > So, what group should I be in so that I can su to root? wheel. Change /etc/group: wheel:*:0:root,jonc Greg