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/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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