From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 4 23: 7: 2 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D23537B400 for ; Sun, 4 Aug 2002 23:06:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from services.webwarrior.net (overlord-host99.dsl.visi.com [209.98.86.99]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E94D043E75 for ; Sun, 4 Aug 2002 23:06:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jpaetzel@hutchtel.net) Received: from twincat.vladsempire.net (12-218-27-215.client.mchsi.com [12.218.27.215]) by services.webwarrior.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89AD9838203; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 01:06:55 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 21:30:01 +0000 From: Josh Paetzel To: Rob B Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: su problems - no password needed Message-ID: <20011104213001.E15039@twincat.vladsempire.net> Mail-Followup-To: Rob B , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <5.1.0.14.2.20011105134247.01ea3e50@pop.ozemail.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20011105134247.01ea3e50@pop.ozemail.com.au>; from rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au on Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 01:46:47PM +1100 Lines: 15 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 01:46:47PM +1100, Rob B wrote: > I'm having an issue with su. My user is in the wheel group, and when doing > su - (ie: su to root, using root's environment) no password is asked > for. this was not the case until I built world recently. any way to get > the password thing back? > > Cheers, > Rob You DO have a root password set, don't you? Josh To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message