Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 12:36:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: almazs@wgn.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Can't 'su' to root on rel. 2.2.7 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808171236070.26224-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <35D62ED1.455B@wgn.net>
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On Sat, 15 Aug 1998 almazs@wgn.net wrote: > Hi; > > I just installed FreeBSD rel 2.2.7 and tried to su to root by first > editing /etc/group and adding/replaceng the word 'root' on the first > line with the name of the user to su to root. > > i.e wheel:*:0:admin # admin is network administrator to be able > to # su to root That wasn't such a great idea. You should have listed it after, like: wheel:*:0:root,admin su may have pains if root isn't in wheel. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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