From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 4 15:28:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA23098 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 15:28:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from bellind.com ([206.101.34.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA23091 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 15:28:10 -0800 (PST) From: RGireyev@Bellind.com Received: from cdcexchange.bellind.com ([170.1.130.2]) by firewall.bellind.com with SMTP id <3666-2>; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 15:25:20 -0800 Received: by cdcexchange.bellind.com with Microsoft Exchange (IMC 4.0.837.3) id <01BC28B1.378AD8A0@cdcexchange.bellind.com>; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 15:32:06 -0800 Message-ID: To: Cc: Subject: RE: Post installation stuff Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 15:32:04 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.837.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk [..] >> Troubles continue. I added another user onto the system ( named >> beavis) and assigned him to the group bin, which if I'm not >> mistaken is the group of the root. I logged in as beavis and > >You are mistaken. Root's group is wheel. > >> STILL was not allowed to su :-( I am running a clean install >> of 2.1.7 (not an upgrade) and I add users using /stand/sysinstall . >> Am I the only clueless newbie this is happening to? > >Probably not. Only members of group wheel are allowed to su. Hi Ben! Thanks for replying again. If you remember though my original user was part of the group wheel and I still could not su. I cannot wait to get home and look at the code, maybe I'll see something there. > > > Ben > >"You have your mind on computers, it seems." > >