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Date:      Wed, 18 Aug 2004 11:05:20 -0400
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org, indunil <indunil@stafford.lk>
Subject:   Re: help !!!!!!
Message-ID:  <200408181105.21316.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <001c01c48510$df19afb0$bdc8c8c8@indunil>
References:  <001c01c48510$df19afb0$bdc8c8c8@indunil>

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On Wednesday 18 August 2004 06:48 am, indunil wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I installed FREEBSD 5.2.1. I can telnet to Free BSD box from Windows 2000
> client. I can telnet to it with my USERNAME and PASSWORD. Then I want to be
> root. So I issue SU - ( or SU - root).  then FreeBSD box asks me the
> passwrd (root's password ). when I give root's password, FreeBSD box does
> not accept . Why ? Pls help me ...

A better place to ask these sorts of questions is on the 
freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org mailing list.  Note that you need to be in the 
'wheel' group in order to use su on BSD-based operating systems.

-- 
John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>  <><  http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
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