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Subject: Re: Root powerless?
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Brooke Landers wrote:

> srv-0021# w
> 2:33AM  up  1:57, 1 user, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
> USER             TTY      FROM              LOGIN@  IDLE WHAT
> root             p0       192.168.36.2     2:33AM     - w

as root: id

[root@schultz ~]# id
uid=0(root) gid=0(wheel) groups=0(wheel), 5(operator)

you should have uid=0